diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index e04052b..d0b80be 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -3955,9 +3955,8 @@
     if ((use_string && vim_strchr(s, AUTOLOAD_CHAR) == NULL) || is_funcref)
     {
 	name = s;
-	trans_name = trans_function_name(&name, &is_global, FALSE,
-	     TFN_INT | TFN_QUIET | TFN_NO_AUTOLOAD | TFN_NO_DEREF,
-							     NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	trans_name = save_function_name(&name, &is_global, FALSE,
+		   TFN_INT | TFN_QUIET | TFN_NO_AUTOLOAD | TFN_NO_DEREF, NULL);
 	if (*name != NUL)
 	    s = NULL;
     }