diff --git a/scipy/linalg/meson.build b/scipy/linalg/meson.build
index e61a596818fd..c98f765ea656 100644
--- a/scipy/linalg/meson.build
+++ b/scipy/linalg/meson.build
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ _matfuncs_expm_pyx = custom_target('_matfuncs_expm',
 )
 
 py3.extension_module('_matfuncs_expm',
-  linalg_init_cython_gen.process(_matfuncs_expm_pyx),
+  linalg_cython_gen.process(_matfuncs_expm_pyx),
   c_args: cython_c_args,
   include_directories: inc_np,
   dependencies: py3_dep,