diff --git a/src/hb-view.c b/src/hb-view.c
index 3a5b9e7..87d9b30 100644
--- a/src/hb-view.c
+++ b/src/hb-view.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 
   hb_buffer_add_utf8 (hb_buffer, text, len, 0, len);
   if (script)
-    hb_buffer_set_script (hb_buffer, hb_script_from_iso15924_tag (hb_tag_from_string (script)));
+    hb_buffer_set_script (hb_buffer, hb_script_from_string (script));
   else
     hb_buffer_set_script (hb_buffer, HB_SCRIPT_INVALID);
   hb_buffer_set_direction (hb_buffer, HB_DIRECTION_INVALID);