diff --git a/src/cmdexpand.c b/src/cmdexpand.c
index 5fa631c..b7597ea 100644
--- a/src/cmdexpand.c
+++ b/src/cmdexpand.c
@@ -4577,10 +4577,7 @@
 
     cmdline_len = (int)STRLEN(pat);
     set_cmd_context(&xpc, pat, cmdline_len, cmdline_len, FALSE);
-    xpc.xp_pattern_len = (int)STRLEN(xpc.xp_pattern);
-    xpc.xp_col = cmdline_len;
-
-    rettv->vval.v_string = get_cmdline_completion(&xpc);
+    rettv->vval.v_string = cmdcomplete_type_to_str(xpc.xp_context, xpc.xp_arg);
 
     ExpandCleanup(&xpc);
 }