diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/kernel-initramfs.bb b/meta/recipes-core/images/kernel-initramfs.bb
index 9b240f0..5b17403 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/images/kernel-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/kernel-initramfs.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ inherit linux-kernel-base kernel-arch
 
 INITRAMFS_BASE_NAME = "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-initramfs-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}"
 INITRAMFS_BASE_NAME[vardepsexclude] = "DATETIME"
-INITRAMFS_EXT_NAME = "-${@base_read_file('${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}/kernel-abiversion')}"
+INITRAMFS_EXT_NAME = "-${@oe.utils.read_file('${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}/kernel-abiversion')}"
 
 BUNDLE = "${@'1' if d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE', True) and \
                     d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE', True) == '1' \