diff --git a/src/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c b/src/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
index 668e1b4261..797a998db2 100644
--- a/src/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
+++ b/src/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ xaccSPrintAmount (char * bufp, gnc_numeric val, GNCPrintAmountInfo info)
 	    currency_symbol = gnc_commodity_get_nice_symbol (info.commodity);
         else
         {
-            currency_symbol = gnc_commodity_get_mnemonic (info.commodity);
+            currency_symbol = gnc_commodity_get_nice_symbol (info.commodity);
             cs_precedes  = FALSE;
             sep_by_space = TRUE;
         }