diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 304176a40eb..afe3e6db046 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2010-11-18  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
 
+	* callproc.c (syms_of_callproc): Use intern_c_string.
+
 	Move declarations from .c files to .h files.
 	* process.c (timers_run):
 	* minibuf.c (quit_char):
diff --git a/src/callproc.c b/src/callproc.c
index ef086020e71..59067040fd9 100644
--- a/src/callproc.c
+++ b/src/callproc.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ void
 syms_of_callproc (void)
 {
 #ifdef DOS_NT
-  Qbuffer_file_type = intern ("buffer-file-type");
+  Qbuffer_file_type = intern_c_string ("buffer-file-type");
   staticpro (&Qbuffer_file_type);
 #endif /* DOS_NT */