diff --git a/graphene-sqlalchemy/graphene_sqlalchemy/types.py b/graphene-sqlalchemy/graphene_sqlalchemy/types.py
index fe3b21da..9fbf686d 100644
--- a/graphene-sqlalchemy/graphene_sqlalchemy/types.py
+++ b/graphene-sqlalchemy/graphene_sqlalchemy/types.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class SQLAlchemyObjectTypeMeta(ObjectTypeMeta):
             name=name,
             description=attrs.pop('__doc__', None),
             model=None,
-            fields=None,
+            local_fields=None,
             only_fields=(),
             exclude_fields=(),
             id='id',