diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 80746843d7..296ebc179b 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
 IMAGE_FEATURES += "${EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES}"
 
 DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL = "pulseaudio"
-DISTRO_FEATURES_append = "${@oe.utils.distro_features_backfill(d)}"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = "${@oe.utils.features_backfill("DISTRO_FEATURES",d)}"
 
 COMBINED_FEATURES = "\
     ${@base_both_contain("DISTRO_FEATURES", "MACHINE_FEATURES", "alsa", d)} \