diff --git a/scapy/contrib/ppi_geotag.py b/scapy/contrib/ppi_geotag.py
index 4235031d1e84cb501b98e7410878f3c8f5e2200c..5863db38fac33358662302a1d983b6a2b94a9e9f 100644
--- a/scapy/contrib/ppi_geotag.py
+++ b/scapy/contrib/ppi_geotag.py
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ class HCSIFlagsField(FlagsField):
             val = 0
             if (pkt):
                 for i, name in enumerate(self.names):
-                    name = name[0]
                     value = pkt.getfieldval(name)
                     if value is not None:
                         val |= 1 << i