diff --git a/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/units/Elder_Mage.cfg b/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/units/Elder_Mage.cfg
index 14f06c5cf96..b7c82790b71 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/units/Elder_Mage.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/units/Elder_Mage.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	name= _ "Elder Mage"
 	race=human
 	image="units/elder-mage.png"
-	{DEFENSE_ANIM "units/elder-mage.png" "units/elder-mage.png" {SOUND_LIST:HUMAN_OLD_HIT} }
+	{DEFENSE_ANIM "units/elder-mage-defend.png" "units/elder-mage.png" {SOUND_LIST:HUMAN_OLD_HIT} }
 	profile=portraits/delfador.png
 	hitpoints=55
 	movement_type=smallfoot