diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/unihandecode/pykakasi/jisyo.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/unihandecode/pykakasi/jisyo.py
index 8f86ef437c..99dc36633d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/unihandecode/pykakasi/jisyo.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/unihandecode/pykakasi/jisyo.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import anydbm,marshal
 from zlib import decompress
 import os
 
-from calibre.utils.resources import resources
+import calibre.utils.resources as resources
 
 class jisyo (object):
     kanwadict = None