diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
index 398b013b9262fa811ad528fb54f466d34bee2fd0..f5a52d11bb74f66b4c197b685470ec8e1c38d634 100644
--- a/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkProtocol.cc
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ void MAVLinkProtocol::receiveBytes(LinkInterface* link, QByteArray b)
  **/
 QString MAVLinkProtocol::getName()
 {
-    return QString(tr("MAVLink protocol"));
+    return tr("MAVLink protocol");
 }
 
 /** @return System id of this application */