diff --git a/wp-includes/vars.php b/wp-includes/vars.php
index 2e1dcecd2d..a0a5032e13 100644
--- a/wp-includes/vars.php
+++ b/wp-includes/vars.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ uksort($wpsmiliestrans, 'smiliescmp');
 foreach($wpsmiliestrans as $smiley => $img) {
 	$wp_smiliessearch[] = $smiley;
 	$smiley_masked = htmlspecialchars( trim($smiley) , ENT_QUOTES);
-	$wp_smiliesreplace[] = " <img src='" . get_settings('siteurl') . "/wp-images/smilies/$img' alt='$smiley_masked' class='wp-smiley' /> ";
+	$wp_smiliesreplace[] = " <img src='" . get_settings('siteurl') . "/wp-includes/images/smilies/$img' alt='$smiley_masked' class='wp-smiley' /> ";
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>