diff --git a/lib/awful/menu.lua.in b/lib/awful/menu.lua.in
index 66bc24e39..fe1aefb09 100644
--- a/lib/awful/menu.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/menu.lua.in
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ function menu.clients(_menu, args) -- FIXME crude api
     args.items = args.items or {}
     table_merge(args.items, cls_t)
 
-    local m = new(args)
+    local m = menu.new(args)
     m:show(args)
     return m
 end