diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/AbstractMappingMetadataExtracter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/AbstractMappingMetadataExtracter.java
index cd816899ac..fb62a1604f 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/AbstractMappingMetadataExtracter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/AbstractMappingMetadataExtracter.java
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ abstract public class AbstractMappingMetadataExtracter implements MetadataExtrac
     protected void checkIsEmbedSupported(ContentWriter writer)
     {
         String mimetype = writer.getMimetype();
-        if (!isSupported(mimetype))
+        if (!isEmbeddingSupported(mimetype))
         {
             throw new AlfrescoRuntimeException(
                     "Metadata extracter does not support embedding mimetype: \n" +