diff --git a/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/URI.pike b/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/URI.pike
index 082337db12cd5039d6308c308b3405d693b8cd34..69d595d5a9f97112de6c9e3a19c76b17342aeaa7 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/URI.pike
+++ b/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/URI.pike
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ string get_http_path_query() {
   return http_encode(((path||"")/"/")[*])*"/" + (q?"?"+q:"");
 }
 
-int __hash() { return hash_value(_sprintf('s')); }
+int __hash() { return hash_value(_sprintf('x')); }
 
 private mapping(int:string) sprintf_cache = ([]);
 string _sprintf(int how, mapping|void args)