diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Text.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Text.cpp
index 057863783..b0498a6b9 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Text.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osgText/IO_Text.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ bool Text_writeLocalData(const osg::Object &obj, osgDB::Output &fw)
     {
         // do it the hardway...output each character as an int
         fw.indent() << "text "<<textstring.size()<<std::endl;;
-        writeArray(fw,textstring.begin(),textstring.end());
+        osgDB::writeArray(fw,textstring.begin(),textstring.end());
     }
 
     return true;