Fix refactoring oversight.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/util/docfields.py b/sphinx/util/docfields.py
index 1606a620..da93c6fe 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/docfields.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/docfields.py
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ class DocFieldTransformer(object):
                 # maybe an argument-less field type?
                 fieldtype, fieldarg = fieldname.astext(), ''
             typedesc, is_typefield = typemap.get(fieldtype, (None, None))
-            typename = typedesc.name
 
             # sort out unknown fields
             if typedesc is None or typedesc.has_arg != bool(fieldarg):
@@ -211,6 +210,8 @@ class DocFieldTransformer(object):
                 entries.append(field)
                 continue
 
+            typename = typedesc.name
+
             # collect the content, trying not to keep unnecessary paragraphs
             if _is_single_paragraph(fieldbody):
                 content = fieldbody.children[0].children