diff --git a/coolamqp/framing/base.py b/coolamqp/framing/base.py
index 4a2b5216ceb21004eb64c593fd84416b33c34e48..37a91261f27c71d249624fdacafa65f7b0a5aa06 100644
--- a/coolamqp/framing/base.py
+++ b/coolamqp/framing/base.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class AMQPContentPropertyList(object):
         :param default: default value
         :return: memoryview or bytes
         """
-        return getattr(self, property_name, default=default)
+        return getattr(property_name, default=default)
 
     @staticmethod
     def zero_property_flags(property_flags):