diff --git a/frontend/socketutil.lua b/frontend/socketutil.lua
index bdb19885d..7ad9ca132 100644
--- a/frontend/socketutil.lua
+++ b/frontend/socketutil.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local socketutil = {
 
 --- Builds a sensible UserAgent that fits Wikipedia's UA policy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy>
 local socket_ua = http.USERAGENT
-socketutil.USER_AGENT = "KOReader/" .. Version:getShortVersion() .. " (" .. Device:info() .. "; " .. jit.os .. "; " .. jit.arch .. ") " .. socket_ua:gsub(" ", "/")
+socketutil.USER_AGENT = "KOReader/" .. Version:getShortVersion() .. " (" .. Device.model .. "; " .. jit.os .. "; " .. jit.arch .. ") " .. socket_ua:gsub(" ", "/")
 -- Monkey-patch it in LuaSocket, as it already takes care of inserting the appropriate header to its requests.
 http.USERAGENT = socketutil.USER_AGENT