diff --git a/Lib/plistlib.py b/Lib/plistlib.py
index bdb8ab3..277ce62 100644
--- a/Lib/plistlib.py
+++ b/Lib/plistlib.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     @classmethod
     def fromFile(cls, pathOrFile):
         """Deprecated. Use the load() function instead."""
-        with maybe_open(pathOrFile, 'rb') as fp:
+        with _maybe_open(pathOrFile, 'rb') as fp:
             value = load(fp)
         plist = cls()
         plist.update(value)