diff --git modules/forum/forum.install modules/forum/forum.install
index a5dbc3e..af0e6b9 100644
--- modules/forum/forum.install
+++ modules/forum/forum.install
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function forum_enable() {
   // Create the 'taxonomy_forums' field if it doesn't already exist.
   if (!field_info_field('taxonomy_forums')) {
     $field = array(
-      'field_name' => 'taxonomy_' . $vocabulary->machine_name,
+      'field_name' => 'taxonomy_forums',
       'type' => 'taxonomy_term_reference',
       'settings' => array(
         'allowed_values' => array(
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function forum_enable() {
 
     // Create the instance on the bundle.
     $instance = array(
-      'field_name' => 'taxonomy_' . $vocabulary->machine_name,
+      'field_name' => 'taxonomy_forums',
       'entity_type' => 'node',
       'label' => $vocabulary->name,
       'bundle' => 'forum',
@@ -331,3 +331,80 @@ function forum_update_7001() {
     ->from($select)
     ->execute();
 }
+
+/**
+ * Rename field to 'taxonomy_forums'.
+ */
+function forum_update_7002() {
+  $messages = array();
+
+  $new_field_name = 'taxonomy_forums';
+
+  // Test to see if the taxonomy_forums field exists.
+  $fields = _update_7000_field_read_fields(array('field_name' => $new_field_name));
+  if ($fields) {
+    // Since the field exists, we're done.
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Calculate the old field name.
+  $vid = variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', 0);
+  $vocabulary_machine_name = db_select('taxonomy_vocabulary', 'tv')
+    ->fields('tv', array('machine_name'))
+    ->condition('vid', $vid)
+    ->execute()
+    ->fetchField();
+  $old_field_name = 'taxonomy_' . $vocabulary_machine_name;
+
+  // Read the old fields
+  $old_fields = _update_7000_field_read_fields(array('field_name' => $old_field_name));
+  foreach ($old_fields as $old_field) {
+    if ($old_field['storage']['type'] != 'field_sql_storage') {
+      $messages[] = t('Cannot rename field %id (%old_field_name) to %new_field_name because it does not use the field_sql_storage storage type.', array(
+        '%id' => $old_field['id'],
+        '%old_field_name' => $old_field_name,
+        '%new_field_name' => $new_field_name,
+      ));
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Update {field_config}
+    db_update('field_config')
+      ->fields(array('field_name' => $new_field_name))
+      ->condition('id', $old_field['id'])
+      ->execute();
+
+    // Update {field_config_instance}
+    db_update('field_config_instance')
+      ->fields(array('field_name' => $new_field_name))
+      ->condition('field_id', $old_field['id'])
+      ->execute();
+
+    // The tables that need updating in the form 'old_name' => 'new_name'.
+    $tables = array(
+      'field_data_' . $old_field_name => 'field_data_' . $new_field_name,
+      'field_revision_' . $old_field_name => 'field_revision_' . $new_field_name,
+    );
+    foreach ($tables as $old_table => $new_table) {
+      $old_column_name = $old_field_name . '_tid';
+      $new_column_name = $new_field_name . '_tid';
+
+      // Rename the column.
+      db_drop_index($old_table, $old_column_name);
+      db_change_field($old_table, $old_column_name, $new_column_name, array(
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'unsigned' => TRUE,
+        'not null' => FALSE,
+      ));
+      db_drop_index($old_table, $new_column_name);
+      db_add_index($old_table, $new_column_name, array($new_column_name));
+
+      // Rename the table.
+      db_rename_table($old_table, $new_table);
+    }
+  }
+
+  cache_clear_all('*', 'cache_field', TRUE);
+
+  return $messages;
+}
diff --git modules/forum/forum.module modules/forum/forum.module
index 8388cda..b9f5f7a 100644
--- modules/forum/forum.module
+++ modules/forum/forum.module
@@ -170,12 +170,9 @@ function forum_menu_local_tasks_alter(&$data, $router_item, $root_path) {
     $tid = (isset($router_item['page_arguments'][0]) ? $router_item['page_arguments'][0]->tid : 0);
     $forum_term = forum_forum_load($tid);
     if ($forum_term) {
-      $vid = variable_get('forum_nav_vocabulary', 0);
-      $vocabulary = taxonomy_vocabulary_load($vid);
-
       $links = array();
       // Loop through all bundles for forum taxonomy vocabulary field.
-      $field = field_info_field('taxonomy_' . $vocabulary->machine_name);
+      $field = field_info_field('taxonomy_forums');
       foreach ($field['bundles']['node'] as $type) {
         if (node_access('create', $type)) {
           $links[$type] = array(