diff --git a/openbox/action.c b/openbox/action.c
index 7d06f12e..6a81f792 100644
--- a/openbox/action.c
+++ b/openbox/action.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ ObAction *action_parse(ObParseInst *i, xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr node)
             if (act->func == action_execute || act->func == action_restart) {
                 if ((n = parse_find_node("execute", node->xmlChildrenNode))) {
                     gchar *s = parse_string(doc, n);
-                    act->data.execute.path = expand_tilde(s);
+                    act->data.execute.path = ob_expand_tilde(s);
                     g_free(s);
                 }
             } else if (act->func == action_showmenu) {