diff --git a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyModel.cpp b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyModel.cpp
index 7d0f7932b5..2f096a202e 100644
--- a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyModel.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyModel.cpp
@@ -271,9 +271,7 @@ PropertyModel::GroupInfo& PropertyModel::getGroupInfo(App::Property* prop)
 {
     const char* group = prop->getGroup();
     bool isEmpty = Base::Tools::isNullOrEmpty(group);
-    QString groupName = QString::fromLatin1(
-        isEmpty ? QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("App::Property", "Base") : group
-    );
+    QString groupName = QString::fromUtf8(isEmpty ? QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("App::Property", "Base") : group);
 
     auto res = groupItems.insert(std::make_pair(groupName, GroupInfo()));
     if (res.second) {