diff --git a/zone/mob.cpp b/zone/mob.cpp
index e60e7a847..51bce159d 100644
--- a/zone/mob.cpp
+++ b/zone/mob.cpp
@@ -3094,6 +3094,7 @@ void Mob::TempName(const char *newname)
 	char temp_name[64];
 	char old_name[64];
 	strn0cpy(old_name, GetName(), 64);
+	clean_name[0] = 0;
 
 	if(newname)
 		strn0cpy(temp_name, newname, 64);
@@ -3102,7 +3103,6 @@ void Mob::TempName(const char *newname)
 	if(!newname) {
 		strn0cpy(temp_name, GetOrigName(), 64);
 		SetName(temp_name);
-		//CleanMobName(GetName(), temp_name);
 		strn0cpy(temp_name, GetCleanName(), 64);
 	}