diff --git a/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_toolsystem_common.py b/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_toolsystem_common.py
index 3890396ad2a..f5cb0d006f6 100644
--- a/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_toolsystem_common.py
+++ b/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_toolsystem_common.py
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ def description_from_name(context, space_type, text, *, use_operator=True):
 
         if operator is not None:
             import _bpy
-            return _bpy.ops.get_rna(operator).bl_rna.description
+            return _bpy.ops.get_rna_type(operator).description
     return ""