diff --git a/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk b/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
index 03059694c..38e7e226d 100644
--- a/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
+++ b/templates/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export class {{ service.name }}Client {
 {%- for method in service.paging %}
       {{- pagingJoiner() }}
       {{ method.name.toCamelCase() }}:
-          new gaxModule.PageDescriptor('pageToken', 'nextPageToken', '{{ method.pagingFieldName }}')
+          new gaxModule.PageDescriptor('pageToken', 'nextPageToken', '{{ method.pagingFieldName.toCamelCase() }}')
 {%- endfor %}
     };
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/typescript/src/schema/proto.ts b/typescript/src/schema/proto.ts
index 4afd0051b..d908a48bd 100644
--- a/typescript/src/schema/proto.ts
+++ b/typescript/src/schema/proto.ts
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ function pagingField(messages: MessagesMap, method: MethodDescriptorProto) {
 
 function pagingFieldName(messages: MessagesMap, method: MethodDescriptorProto) {
   const field = pagingField(messages, method);
-  return field?.name?.toCamelCase();
+  return field?.name;
 }
 
 function pagingResponseType(