diff --git a/lisp/language/devanagari.el b/lisp/language/devanagari.el
index e84cf3531f6..0869be43d9d 100644
--- a/lisp/language/devanagari.el
+++ b/lisp/language/devanagari.el
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (make-coding-system
- 'devanagari 2 ?D
+ 'in-is13194-devanagari 2 ?D
  "8-bit encoding for ASCII (MSB=0) and IS13194-Devanagari (MSB=1)"
  '((ascii t) (indian-is13194 t) nil nil
    nil ascii-eol))