diff --git a/plugins/content/pagebreak/tmpl/navigation.php b/plugins/content/pagebreak/tmpl/navigation.php
index c79efa45719fc..c8526218fae37 100644
--- a/plugins/content/pagebreak/tmpl/navigation.php
+++ b/plugins/content/pagebreak/tmpl/navigation.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 defined('_JEXEC') or die;
 
+use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
  * @var $page    integer  The page number
  */
 
+$lang = Factory::getLanguage();
 ?>
 <ul>
 	<li>