diff --git a/satpy/etc/readers/seviri_l2_bufr.yaml b/satpy/etc/readers/seviri_l2_bufr.yaml
index 1c11927707..e0c51c4370 100644
--- a/satpy/etc/readers/seviri_l2_bufr.yaml
+++ b/satpy/etc/readers/seviri_l2_bufr.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ datasets:
 
   latitude:
     name: latitude
-    key: 'latitude'
+    key: '#1#latitude'
     long_name: Latitude
     standard_name: latitude
     resolution: [48006.450653072,9001.209497451,72009.675979608]
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ datasets:
 
   longitude:
     name: longitude
-    key: 'longitude'
+    key: '#1#longitude'
     resolution: [48006.450653072,9001.209497451,72009.675979608]
     file_type: [seviri_l2_bufr_asr,seviri_l2_bufr_cla,seviri_l2_bufr_csr,seviri_l2_bufr_gii,seviri_l2_bufr_thu,seviri_l2_bufr_toz,seviri_l2_bufr_amv]
     long_name: Longitude
diff --git a/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_seviri_l2_bufr.py b/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_seviri_l2_bufr.py
index 89f973fd45..3578645e5b 100644
--- a/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_seviri_l2_bufr.py
+++ b/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_seviri_l2_bufr.py
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@
 
 DATASET_INFO_LAT = {
     'name': 'latitude',
-    'key': 'latitude',
+    'key': '#1#latitude',
     'fill_value': -1.e+100
 }
 
 DATASET_INFO_LON = {
     'name': 'longitude',
-    'key': 'longitude',
+    'key': '#1#longitude',
     'fill_value': -1.e+100
 }
 
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ def __init__(self, filename, with_adef=False, rect_lon='default'):
         # write the bufr test data twice as we want to read in and then concatenate the data in the reader
         # 55 id corresponds to METEOSAT 8`
         ec.codes_set(self.buf1, 'satelliteIdentifier', 56)
-        ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, 'latitude', LAT)
-        ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, 'latitude', LAT)
-        ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, 'longitude', LON)
-        ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, 'longitude', LON)
+        ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, '#1#latitude', LAT)
+        ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, '#1#latitude', LAT)
+        ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, '#1#longitude', LON)
+        ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, '#1#longitude', LON)
         ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, '#1#brightnessTemperature', DATA)
         ec.codes_set_array(self.buf1, '#1#brightnessTemperature', DATA)