diff --git a/lisp/treesit.el b/lisp/treesit.el
index f179204d89c..6a485ae591a 100644
--- a/lisp/treesit.el
+++ b/lisp/treesit.el
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ returns nil.
 PRED can be a predicate function, a regexp matching node type,
 and more; see docstring of `treesit-thing-settings'."
   (let ((last nil))
-    (while (and node (funcall pred node))
+    (while (and node (treesit-node-match-p node pred))
       (setq last node
             node (treesit-node-parent node)))
     last))