diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CFormattingStrategy.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CFormattingStrategy.java
index ff3b7d6911c..26ea961237e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CFormattingStrategy.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CFormattingStrategy.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class CFormattingStrategy extends ContextBasedFormattingStrategy {
 			try {
 				
 				final TextEdit edit= CodeFormatterUtil.format(CodeFormatter.K_COMPILATION_UNIT, 
-						document, 
+						document.get(), 
 						partition.getOffset(), 
 						partition.getLength(), 
 						0,