diff --git a/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb b/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
index 4ccdeff353d52e473033a3cc87f97e892d9f9819..225caca1f424f90265f922125aaa45828965b2b1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module GitlabMarkdownHelper
   # TODO (rspeicher): Remove all usages of this helper and just call `markdown`
   # with a custom pipeline depending on the content being rendered
   def gfm(text, options = {})
-    markdown(text, options)
+    Gitlab::Markdown.gfm(text, options)
   end
 
   def asciidoc(text)