diff --git a/src/Listener/ViewListener.php b/src/Listener/ViewListener.php
index 0d2c25bf..7d609c4a 100644
--- a/src/Listener/ViewListener.php
+++ b/src/Listener/ViewListener.php
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ protected function _associations(array $whitelist = [])
             $associationConfiguration[$type][$assocKey]['displayField'] = $association->getTarget()->getDisplayField();
             $associationConfiguration[$type][$assocKey]['foreignKey'] = $association->getForeignKey();
             $associationConfiguration[$type][$assocKey]['propertyName'] = $association->getProperty();
-            $associationConfiguration[$type][$assocKey]['plugin'] = pluginSplit($association->className())[0];
+            $associationConfiguration[$type][$assocKey]['plugin'] = pluginSplit($association->getClassName())[0];
             $associationConfiguration[$type][$assocKey]['controller'] = $assocKey;
             $associationConfiguration[$type][$assocKey]['entity'] = Inflector::singularize(Inflector::underscore($assocKey));
             $associationConfiguration[$type][$assocKey]['entities'] = Inflector::underscore($assocKey);