diff --git a/lib/private/User/User.php b/lib/private/User/User.php
index 69ef82f3e8599..c62d14d945092 100644
--- a/lib/private/User/User.php
+++ b/lib/private/User/User.php
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ public function setManagerUids(array $uids): void {
 	public function getAvatarImage($size) {
 		// delay the initialization
 		if (is_null($this->avatarManager)) {
-			$this->avatarManager = \OC::$server->getAvatarManager();
+			$this->avatarManager = \OC::$server->get(IAvatarManager::class);
 		}
 
 		$avatar = $this->avatarManager->getAvatar($this->uid);