diff --git a/core/model/SiteTree.php b/core/model/SiteTree.php
index 518a8fc9d..62fafb029 100755
--- a/core/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/core/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider,i18nEntityProvid
 	 */
 	function generateURLSegment($title){
 		$t = mb_strtolower($title);
-		$t = Object::create('Transliterator')->toASCII($title);
+		$t = Object::create('Transliterator')->toASCII($t);
 		$t = str_replace('&','-and-',$t);
 		$t = str_replace('&','-and-',$t);
 		$t = ereg_replace('[^A-Za-z0-9]+','-',$t);