diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index 9dc16688f..0deb0c70d 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -2832,8 +2832,8 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
   getSoftWrapColumn: ->
     scopeDescriptor = @getRootScopeDescriptor()
     if @isSoftWrapped()
-      if @config.get('editor.softWrapAtPreferredLineLength', scope: scopeDescriptor)
-        Math.min(@getEditorWidthInChars(), @config.get('editor.preferredLineLength', scope: scopeDescriptor))
+      if @softWrapAtPreferredLineLength
+        Math.min(@getEditorWidthInChars(), @preferredLineLength)
       else
         @getEditorWidthInChars()
     else