diff --git a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolslogfilereader.cpp b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolslogfilereader.cpp
index 185dab40363..2f6473bb05d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolslogfilereader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolslogfilereader.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private:
 
         Utils::FileReader reader;
         // Do not use FileReader::text as we have to deal with byte offsets.
-        if (reader.fetch(Utils::FilePath::fromString(filePath)))
+        if (reader.fetch(Utils::FilePath::fromUserInput(filePath)))
             return reader.data();
 
         return {};