diff --git a/app/actions/debug-commands.c b/app/actions/debug-commands.c
index c438d23cc7..07bffb16f9 100644
--- a/app/actions/debug-commands.c
+++ b/app/actions/debug-commands.c
@@ -357,8 +357,7 @@ debug_show_image_graph (GimpImage *source_image)
                                  tile_manager_height (tiles),
                                  GIMP_RGB,
                                  FALSE);
-  gimp_object_set_name (GIMP_OBJECT (new_image),
-                        new_name);
+  gimp_image_set_uri (new_image, new_name);
   layer = gimp_layer_new_from_tiles (tiles,
                                      new_image,
                                      GIMP_RGBA_IMAGE,
diff --git a/app/file/file-open.c b/app/file/file-open.c
index 2b97aa39b8..ac0fe54320 100644
--- a/app/file/file-open.c
+++ b/app/file/file-open.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ file_open_image (Gimp                *gimp,
           gimp_image_set_imported_uri (image, uri);
 
           /* We shall treat this file as an Untitled file */
-          gimp_object_set_name (GIMP_OBJECT (image), NULL);
+          gimp_image_set_uri (image, NULL);
         }
     }
 
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ file_open_sanitize_image (GimpImage *image,
                           gboolean   as_new)
 {
   if (as_new)
-    gimp_object_set_name (GIMP_OBJECT (image), NULL);
+    gimp_image_set_uri (image, NULL);
 
   /* clear all undo steps */
   gimp_image_undo_free (image);