diff --git a/misc/vim/ftdetect/gofiletype.vim b/misc/vim/ftdetect/gofiletype.vim
index b67dab0abe..8843121603 100644
--- a/misc/vim/ftdetect/gofiletype.vim
+++ b/misc/vim/ftdetect/gofiletype.vim
@@ -1 +1 @@
-au BufRead,BufNewFile *.go setfiletype go
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.go set filetype=go