diff --git a/services/client-updates-daemon b/services/client-updates-daemon
index eeb63eac9..5e38af9d4 100755
--- a/services/client-updates-daemon
+++ b/services/client-updates-daemon
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class UpdatesDaemon(dbus.service.Object):
             entropy = Entropy()
             entropy.SystemSettings.clear()
             # entropy resources locked?
-            locked = entropy._resources_run_check_lock()
+            locked = entropy.resources_check_lock()
             if locked:
                 if DAEMON_DEBUG:
                     write_output("__run_fetcher: resources locked, skipping")