diff --git a/jieba/posseg/__init__.py b/jieba/posseg/__init__.py
index df47c994..b02a7276 100755
--- a/jieba/posseg/__init__.py
+++ b/jieba/posseg/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import jieba
 from .viterbi import viterbi
-from .._compat import *
+from jieba._compat import *
 
 PROB_START_P = "prob_start.p"
 PROB_TRANS_P = "prob_trans.p"