diff --git a/lisp/yank-media.el b/lisp/yank-media.el
index 3e33c1f9994..abc137d9c38 100644
--- a/lisp/yank-media.el
+++ b/lisp/yank-media.el
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ all the different selection types."
    (gui-get-selection 'CLIPBOARD 'TARGETS)))
 
 (defun yank-media--get-selection (data-type)
-  (when-let ((data (gui-backend-get-selection 'CLIPBOARD data-type)))
+  (when-let ((data (gui-get-selection 'CLIPBOARD data-type)))
     (if (string-match-p "\\`text/" (symbol-name data-type))
         (yank-media-types--format data-type data)
       data)))