diff --git a/camera/CameraBase.cpp b/camera/CameraBase.cpp
index aecb70a..0b0f584 100644
--- a/camera/CameraBase.cpp
+++ b/camera/CameraBase.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <binder/IMemory.h>
 
 #include <camera/CameraBase.h>
+#include <camera/CameraUtils.h>
 
 // needed to instantiate
 #include <camera/Camera.h>
@@ -124,9 +125,7 @@
 {
     Mutex::Autolock _l(gLock);
     if (gCameraService.get() == 0) {
-        char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-        property_get("config.disable_cameraservice", value, "0");
-        if (strncmp(value, "0", 2) != 0 && strncasecmp(value, "false", 6) != 0) {
+        if (CameraUtils::isCameraServiceDisabled()) {
             return gCameraService;
         }