diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index fa8614e8ec1..f3175793ebe 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ in
         ProtectControlGroups = true;
         RestrictAddressFamilies = [ "AF_UNIX" "AF_INET" "AF_INET6" ];
         LockPersonality = true;
-        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = !(builtins.any (mod: (mod.allowMemoryWriteExecute or false)) pkgs.nginx.modules);
+        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = !(builtins.any (mod: (mod.allowMemoryWriteExecute or false)) cfg.package.modules);
         RestrictRealtime = true;
         RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
         PrivateMounts = true;