diff --git a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
index 6a248522b5..28521ecc15 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
+++ b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
@@ -3221,6 +3221,7 @@ EfiShellGetAlias(
   UINT32      Attribs;
   EFI_STATUS  Status;
   CHAR16      *AliasLower;
+  CHAR16      *AliasVal;
 
   // Convert to lowercase to make aliases case-insensitive
   if (Alias != NULL) {
@@ -3229,7 +3230,8 @@ EfiShellGetAlias(
     ToLower (AliasLower);
 
     if (Volatile == NULL) {
-      return (AddBufferToFreeList(GetVariable(AliasLower, &gShellAliasGuid)));
+      GetVariable2 (AliasLower, &gShellAliasGuid, (VOID **)&AliasVal, NULL);
+      return (AddBufferToFreeList(AliasVal));
     }
     RetSize = 0;
     RetVal = NULL;