diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/treeproxymodel.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/treeproxymodel.cpp
index dd91c0dfd..9f73b3b74 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/treeproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/treeproxymodel.cpp
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ TreeProxyModel::textForItem( TreeModelItem* item ) const
 
     if ( !item->artist().isNull() )
     {
-        return DatabaseImpl::sortname( item->artist()->name(), true );
+        return item->artist()->sortname();
     }
     else if ( !item->album().isNull() )
     {