diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 698f278e04da0944c502111bca41ea37568279b9..8950c8cfb0a83fff8fb5aaf28061e5dbc70fa1b6 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -3939,7 +3939,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 #ifdef USE_SLANG
 	if (!ISSET(NO_UTF8))
-	    SLsmg_utf8_enable(TRUE);
+	    SLutf8_enable(TRUE);
 #endif
     }
 #else