diff --git a/ratis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/server/impl/SnapshotInstallationHandler.java b/ratis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/server/impl/SnapshotInstallationHandler.java
index 3662c19492..3b4fb5eff9 100644
--- a/ratis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/server/impl/SnapshotInstallationHandler.java
+++ b/ratis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/server/impl/SnapshotInstallationHandler.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ private InstallSnapshotReplyProto checkAndInstallSnapshot(InstallSnapshotRequest
         // considering a follower peer requiring a snapshot installation does not
         // have a lot of requests
         if (state.getLog().getLastCommittedIndex() >= lastIncludedIndex) {
-          return toInstallSnapshotReplyProto(leaderId, getMemberId(),
+          return ServerProtoUtils.toInstallSnapshotReplyProto(leaderId, getMemberId(),
               currentTerm, snapshotChunkRequest.getRequestIndex(), InstallSnapshotResult.ALREADY_INSTALLED);
         }