diff --git a/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.project.core/src/com/liferay/ide/project/core/modules/ext/ModuleExtProjectNameValidationService.java b/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.project.core/src/com/liferay/ide/project/core/modules/ext/ModuleExtProjectNameValidationService.java
index e9e84e712d..c3e1e83ca7 100644
--- a/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.project.core/src/com/liferay/ide/project/core/modules/ext/ModuleExtProjectNameValidationService.java
+++ b/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.project.core/src/com/liferay/ide/project/core/modules/ext/ModuleExtProjectNameValidationService.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ protected Status compute() {
 		}
 
 		if (CoreUtil.compareVersions(
-				Version.parseVersion(liferayWorkspaceProjectVersion), Version.parseVersion("7.0")) <= 0) {
+				CoreUtil.parseVersion(liferayWorkspaceProjectVersion), Version.parseVersion("7.0")) <= 0) {
 
 			retval = Status.createErrorStatus(
 				"Module Ext projects only work on liferay workspace which version is greater than 7.0.");