diff --git a/lua/cmp/view/ghost_text_view.lua b/lua/cmp/view/ghost_text_view.lua
index 759567ef9..b2d83b1bc 100644
--- a/lua/cmp/view/ghost_text_view.lua
+++ b/lua/cmp/view/ghost_text_view.lua
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ end
 ---  This function calculates the bytes of the entry to display calculating the number
 ---  of character differences instead of just byte difference.
 ghost_text_view.text_gen = function(self, line, cursor_col)
-  local word = self.entry:get_insert_text()
+  local word = self.entry:get_word()
   word = str.oneline(word)
   local word_clen = vim.str_utfindex(word)
   local cword = string.sub(line, self.entry:get_offset(), cursor_col)