diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/lsun.py b/torchvision/datasets/lsun.py
index 731461e8a8d..8c4a5e0441a 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/lsun.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/lsun.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def __len__(self):
         return self.length
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return self.__class__.__name__ + ' (' + self.db_path + ')'
+        return self.__class__.__name__ + ' (' + self.root + ')'
 
 
 class LSUN(data.Dataset):