diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 81820b8fa0fbb5097e207c9e7b11f07b8d8dcf25..9856de8e4ee6daac4be2102b3dfa759de21b3f4d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ VCSBase::VCSBaseEditor
         QTC_ASSERT(rc, return 0);
         rc->setSource(source);
         if (setSourceCodec)
-            rc->setCodec(VCSBase::VCSBaseEditor::getCodec(m_core, source));
+            rc->setCodec(VCSBase::VCSBaseEditor::getCodec(source));
     }
     return rc;
 }