diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/meson.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/meson.eclass
index 5aff3eb589..4757f3fa5e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/meson.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/meson.eclass
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ meson_src_compile() {
 
 	local mesoncompileargs=(
 		-C "${BUILD_DIR}"
-		--jobs "$(makeopts_jobs "${MAKEOPTS}" 0)"
-		--load-average "$(makeopts_loadavg "${MAKEOPTS}" 0)"
+		--jobs "$(get_makeopts_jobs 0)"
+		--load-average "$(get_makeopts_loadavg 0)"
 	)
 
 	case ${MESON_VERBOSE} in