diff --git a/src/wp-includes/load.php b/src/wp-includes/load.php
index cd667734b4..8e1f351115 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ function wp_load_translations_early() {
 	// Translation and localization
 	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pomo/mo.php';
 	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/l10n.php';
-	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/locale.php';
+	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-locale.php';
 
 	// General libraries
 	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/plugin.php';
@@ -1077,4 +1077,4 @@ function is_wp_error( $thing ) {
 function get_current_site() {
 	global $current_site;
 	return $current_site;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}