diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py b/Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py
index d567467..9d5fa6f 100755
--- a/Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py
@@ -890,10 +890,11 @@
 			_default_root = master
 		self.master = master
 		self.tk = master.tk
+		name = None
 		if cnf.has_key('name'):
 			name = cnf['name']
 			del cnf['name']
-		else:
+		if not name:
 			name = `id(self)`
 		self._name = name
 		if master._w=='.':