diff --git a/src/spell.c b/src/spell.c
index ce887f7..8e9c6cb 100644
--- a/src/spell.c
+++ b/src/spell.c
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@
 			{
 			    col = (int)(p - buf);
 			    (void)syn_get_id(wp, lnum, (colnr_T)col,
-						       FALSE, &can_spell);
+						    FALSE, &can_spell, FALSE);
 			    if (!can_spell)
 				attr = HLF_COUNT;
 			}