diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Locale/Language.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Locale/Language.php
index 9e893c113e8ec6593c2269499bf60a8c19a71bf4..015ddf90b2881aa88fe573c077062038c428a1e3 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Locale/Language.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Locale/Language.php
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class Language
         }
 
         // language is provided in a stored cookie
-        $languageCookie = Language::getLanguageCookie();
+        $languageCookie = self::getLanguageCookie();
         if ($languageCookie !== null) {
             $this->language = $languageCookie;
             return $languageCookie;