diff --git a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
index 77f7e9bd43a..ca13ae74b92 100755
--- a/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
+++ b/erpnext/setup/doctype/employee/employee.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ def is_holiday(employee, date=None, raise_exception=True, only_non_weekly=False,
 def deactivate_sales_person(status: str, employee: str):
 	frappe.has_permission("Employee", doc=employee, ptype="write", throw=True)
 	if status == "Left":
-		sales_person = frappe.db.get_value("Sales Person", {"Employee": employee})
+		sales_person = frappe.db.get_value("Sales Person", {"employee": employee})
 		if sales_person:
 			frappe.db.set_value("Sales Person", sales_person, "enabled", 0)