diff --git a/pkg/models/teams.go b/pkg/models/teams.go
index 9c4c5034f..e6037fb11 100644
--- a/pkg/models/teams.go
+++ b/pkg/models/teams.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func addMoreInfoToTeams(s *xorm.Session, teams []*Team) (err error) {
 // If def_adm is true, the user will be an admin of the team
 // Note: this function has been extracted from the Create method to allow
 // an additional parameter to control whether the user should become admin of the team
-func (t *Team) CreateNewTeam(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth, adm bool) (err error) {
+func (t *Team) CreateNewTeam(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth, firstUserShouldBeAdmin bool) (err error) {
 
 	doer, err := user.GetFromAuth(a)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func (t *Team) CreateNewTeam(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth, adm bool) (err error)
 		return
 	}
 
-	tm := TeamMember{TeamID: t.ID, Username: doer.Username, Admin: adm}
+	tm := TeamMember{TeamID: t.ID, Username: doer.Username, Admin: firstUserShouldBeAdmin}
 	if err = tm.Create(s, doer); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}