1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 6c6e073ca47..4f0fcd18bac 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ or the entire name if it contains no slash.")
     return call2 (handler, Qfile_name_nondirectory, filename);
 
   beg = XSTRING (filename)->data;
-  end = p = beg + XSTRING (filename)->size;
+  end = p = beg + XSTRING (filename)->size_byte;
 
   while (p != beg && !IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (p[-1])
 #ifdef VMS