diff --git a/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.cpp b/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.cpp
index 15fb04f8651b67e8ea44c94c79f748c041707fd0..591ebfe2ea1e2d67fbbc4a1e42958eaafc6f4e0d 100644
--- a/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.cpp
+++ b/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.cpp
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
     TSK_TCHAR pathT[1024];
     toTCHAR(env, pathT, 1024, pathJ);
 
-    TSK_HDB_INFO * temp = tsk_hdb_new(pathT);
+    TSK_HDB_INFO * temp = tsk_hdb_newdb(pathT);
 
     if(temp == NULL)
     {