diff --git a/tools/templates/method.mako.prototype.hpp b/tools/templates/method.mako.prototype.hpp
index 29d75c8..5e8f2ac 100644
--- a/tools/templates/method.mako.prototype.hpp
+++ b/tools/templates/method.mako.prototype.hpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     reply.append(${returns_as_tuple_index("r")});
     % endif
 
-    sdbusplus::bus::method_return(reply);
+    reply.method_return();
 
     return 0;
 }