1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/rpc/ProtobufSerialization.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/rpc/ProtobufSerialization.java
index 51290c245ac..6dc01f34571 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/rpc/ProtobufSerialization.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/rpc/ProtobufSerialization.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class ProtobufSerialization {
             mergeToSearchRequestFromSorting(ranking.getSorting(), builder);
         }
         if (ranking.getLocation() != null) {
-            builder.setGeoLocation(ranking.getLocation().toString());
+            builder.setGeoLocation(ranking.getLocation().backendString());
         }
 
         var featureMap = ranking.getFeatures().asMap();
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class ProtobufSerialization {
         builder.setRankProfile(ranking.getProfile());
 
         if (ranking.getLocation() != null) {
-            builder.setGeoLocation(ranking.getLocation().toString());
+            builder.setGeoLocation(ranking.getLocation().backendString());
         }
         if (includeQueryData) {
             mergeQueryDataToDocsumRequest(query, builder);