1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/dired.c b/src/dired.c
index ec1686ffe14..d43c3eb2119 100644
--- a/src/dired.c
+++ b/src/dired.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ directory_files_internal (directory, full, match, nosort, attrs)
                   if (nchars > nbytes)
                     abort ();
                       
-                  SCHARS (fullname) = nchars;
+                  STRING_SET_CHARS (fullname, nchars);
                   if (nchars == nbytes)
                     STRING_SET_UNIBYTE (fullname);