diff --git a/lisp/ox-texinfo.el b/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
index 30da39d2b..29fbc077b 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ file-local settings.
 Return output file's name."
   (interactive)
   (let ((outfile (org-export-output-file-name ".texi" subtreep))
-	(org-export-coding-system ',org-texinfo-coding-system))
+	(org-export-coding-system `,org-texinfo-coding-system))
     (org-export-to-file 'texinfo outfile
       async subtreep visible-only body-only ext-plist)))
 
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ directory.
 Return INFO file's name."
   (interactive)
   (let ((outfile (org-export-output-file-name ".texi" subtreep))
-	(org-export-coding-system ',org-texinfo-coding-system))
+	(org-export-coding-system `,org-texinfo-coding-system))
     (org-export-to-file 'texinfo outfile
       async subtreep visible-only body-only ext-plist
       (lambda (file) (org-texinfo-compile file)))))