diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h
index 2aa2900ae33..8e0344f2b42 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ face_area(typename boost::graph_traits<TriangleMesh>::face_descriptor f,
   halfedge_descriptor nhd = next(hd, tmesh);
 
   typedef typename GetGeomTraits<TriangleMesh, CGAL_PMP_NP_CLASS>::type GT;
-  GT traits = choose_param(get_param(np, internal_np::geom_traits), GT());
+  GT traits = choose_parameter(get_parameter(np, internal_np::geom_traits), GT());
 
   return approximate_sqrt(traits.compute_squared_area_3_object()(get(vpm, source(hd, tmesh)),
                                                                  get(vpm, target(hd, tmesh)),