diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/File/Collector/Base.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/File/Collector/Base.php
index a5824b7321e84..f82ba6b0d7fab 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/File/Collector/Base.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/File/Collector/Base.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function getFiles(ThemeInterface $theme, $filePath)
         foreach ($sharedFiles as $file) {
             $result[] = $this->fileFactory->create($file->getFullPath(), $file->getComponentName(), null, true);
         }
-        $area = $theme->getData('area');
+        $area = $theme->getArea();
         $themeFiles = $this->componentDirSearch->collectFilesWithContext(
             ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
             "view/{$area}/{$this->subDir}{$filePath}"
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/File/Collector/BaseTest.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/File/Collector/BaseTest.php
index 0edafcb125dd3..ea0ef1cc69e87 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/File/Collector/BaseTest.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/File/Collector/BaseTest.php
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ public function testGetFiles()
             ->method('create')
             ->willReturn($this->createFileMock());
         $this->themeMock->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('getData')
-            ->with('area')
+            ->method('getArea')
             ->willReturn('frontend');
 
         $result = $this->fileCollector->getFiles($this->themeMock, '*.xml');