diff --git a/tsk3/img/img_open.c b/tsk3/img/img_open.c
index 7c223a0f9630cb32ea07f9da19e3e719bf45c14b..8c1e6fe8325df4748b3d01035b5f7c74808283ca 100644
--- a/tsk3/img/img_open.c
+++ b/tsk3/img/img_open.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ tsk_img_open_utf8(int num_img, const char *const images[],
             *utf16 = '\0';
         }
 
-        retval = tsk_img_open(num_img, images16, type);
+        retval = tsk_img_open(num_img, images16, type, a_ssize);
 
         // free up the memory
       tsk_utf8_cleanup: