diff --git a/meta/classes/typecheck.bbclass b/meta/classes/typecheck.bbclass
index 646cd4eed2..353532d73c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/typecheck.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/typecheck.bbclass
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ python check_types() {
     if isinstance(e, bb.event.ConfigParsed):
         for key in e.data.keys():
             if e.data.getVarFlag(key, "type"):
-                oe.types.value(key, e.data)
+                oe.data.typed_value(key, e.data)
 }
 addhandler check_types