diff --git a/src/servers/media/AddOnManager.cpp b/src/servers/media/AddOnManager.cpp
index bd9fcdf6d1..2ffc55c203 100644
--- a/src/servers/media/AddOnManager.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/media/AddOnManager.cpp
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ AddOnManager::RegisterAddOns()
 	char buffer[16];
 	size_t size = sizeof(buffer);
 
-	bool disableUserAddOns = _kern_get_safemode_option(B_SAFEMODE_SAFE_MODE,
-			buffer, &size) == B_OK
+	bool disableUserAddOns = _kern_get_safemode_option(
+			B_SAFEMODE_DISABLE_USER_ADD_ONS, buffer, &size) == B_OK
 		&& (!strcasecmp(buffer, "true")
 			|| !strcasecmp(buffer, "yes")
 			|| !strcasecmp(buffer, "on")