diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_interests.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_interests.xml
index e5b822dbed..aeb2c1f489 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_interests.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_interests.xml
@@ -216,6 +216,6 @@
          follows="left|top"
          name="languages_edit"
          is_unicode="false"
-         max_length="254" />
+         max_length_bytes="254" />
 </panel>