diff --git a/src/name-component.hpp b/src/name-component.hpp
index ea68084..b8023b1 100644
--- a/src/name-component.hpp
+++ b/src/name-component.hpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
   static Component
   fromEscapedString(const char* escapedString)
   {
-    return fromEscapedString(escapedString, 0, ::strlen(escapedString));
+    return fromEscapedString(escapedString, 0, std::char_traits<char>::length(escapedString));
   }
 
   /**