diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c
index c73e6b7..b73f1d6 100644
--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
+++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@
 		return len;
 	}
 
-	check_unicode_in_env();
+	init_unicode();
 
 // FIXME: audit & improve this
 	if (maxsize > MAX_LINELEN)