diff --git a/lib/form/filepicker.php b/lib/form/filepicker.php
index e10fd46bf09..8fee6b48aca 100644
--- a/lib/form/filepicker.php
+++ b/lib/form/filepicker.php
@@ -184,11 +184,10 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_filepicker extends HTML_QuickForm_input implements templat
         $html .= "<div><object type='text/html' data='$nonjsfilepicker' height='160' width='600' style='border:1px solid #000'></object></div>";
         $html .= '</noscript>';
 
-        if (!empty($options->accepted_types) && $options->accepted_types != '*') {
+        if (!empty($args->accepted_types) && $args->accepted_types != '*') {
             $html .= html_writer::tag('p', get_string('filesofthesetypes', 'form'));
             $util = new \core_form\filetypes_util();
-            $filetypes = $options->accepted_types;
-            $filetypedescriptions = $util->describe_file_types($filetypes);
+            $filetypedescriptions = $util->describe_file_types($args->accepted_types);
             $html .= $OUTPUT->render_from_template('core_form/filetypes-descriptions', $filetypedescriptions);
         }