diff --git a/src/mapserver/qgsprojectparser.cpp b/src/mapserver/qgsprojectparser.cpp
index 6a350c9a181d..406b57e3c846 100644
--- a/src/mapserver/qgsprojectparser.cpp
+++ b/src/mapserver/qgsprojectparser.cpp
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ QgsMapLayer* QgsProjectParser::createLayerFromElement( const QDomElement& elem,
 
   if ( layer )
   {
-    layer->readXML( const_cast<QDomElement&>( elem ) ); //should be changed to const in QgsMapLayer
+    layer->readLayerXML( const_cast<QDomElement&>( elem ) ); //should be changed to const in QgsMapLayer
     layer->setLayerName( layerName( elem ) );
     if ( useCache )
     {