diff --git a/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.java b/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.java
index fa80385fc..6c4cbcf9d 100644
--- a/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.java
+++ b/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public final class BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils {
                     crash(filename, new RuntimeException(
                             filename + " does not seem to be a dictionary file"));
                 } else {
-                    final DictDecoder dictDecoder = FormatSpec.getDictDecoder(file,
+                    final DictDecoder dictDecoder = FormatSpec.getDictDecoder(decodedSpec.mFile,
                             DictDecoder.USE_BYTEARRAY);
                     if (report) {
                         System.out.println("Format : Binary dictionary format");