1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 52a62cebe9c..9b611bb7fd1 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -6118,7 +6118,7 @@ DEFUN ("read-file-name-internal", Fread_file_name_internal, Sread_file_name_inte
               Lisp_Object tem = XCAR (all);
               int len;
               if (STRINGP (tem) &&
-                  (len = SCHARS (tem), len > 0) &&
+                  (len = SBYTES (tem), len > 0) &&
                   IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (SREF (tem, len-1)))
                 comp = Fcons (tem, comp);
             }