diff --git a/app/services/projects/destroy_service.rb b/app/services/projects/destroy_service.rb
index 76e22507698..01de6afcd8e 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/destroy_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/destroy_service.rb
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ module Projects
     def remove_legacy_registry_tags
       return true unless Gitlab.config.registry.enabled
 
-      ContainerRepository.build_root_repository(project).tap do |repository|
+      ::ContainerRepository.build_root_repository(project).tap do |repository|
         break repository.has_tags? ? repository.delete_tags! : true
       end
     end