diff --git a/telethon/extensions/markdown.py b/telethon/extensions/markdown.py
index a11b1aab..f4f3f740 100644
--- a/telethon/extensions/markdown.py
+++ b/telethon/extensions/markdown.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ since they seem to count as two characters and it's a bit strange.
 """
 import re
 
-from telethon.tl import TLObject
+from ..tl import TLObject
 
 from ..tl.types import (
     MessageEntityBold, MessageEntityItalic, MessageEntityCode,