diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/turbostat/turbostat.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/turbostat/turbostat.bb
index f65699865e..fcd1b116b8 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/turbostat/turbostat.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/turbostat/turbostat.bb
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${UNPACKDIR}/COPYING;md5=bbea815ee2795b2f4230826c0c6b
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = '(x86_64.*|i.86.*)-linux'
 COMPATIBLE_HOST:libc-musl = "null"
 
-KERNEL_VERSION = "${@get_kernelversion_file("${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}")}"
-inherit linux-kernel-base
+KERNEL_VERSION = "${@oe.kernel.get_version_file("${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}")}"
 
 SRC_URI += "\
             file://COPYING \