diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index ed4fd70..c802a7f 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ decode_entities(pTHX_ SV* sv, HV* entity2char, bool expand_prefix)
 			}
 		    }
 
-		    tmp = (char*)uvuni_to_utf8((U8*)buf, num);
+		    tmp = (char*)uvchr_to_utf8((U8*)buf, num);
 		    repl = buf;
 		    repl_len = tmp - buf;
 		    repl_utf8 = 1;