diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix b/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
index 00ba03533e34..b1e1a23eea71 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
         ++
           lib.warnIf (builtins.elem "-trimpath" GOFLAGS)
             "`-trimpath` is added by default to GOFLAGS by buildGoModule when allowGoReference isn't set to true"
-            (lib.optional (!allowGoReference) "-trimpath");
+            (lib.optional (!finalAttrs.allowGoReference) "-trimpath");
 
       inherit enableParallelBuilding;
 
@@ -410,7 +410,8 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
 
       strictDeps = true;
 
-      disallowedReferences = lib.optional (!allowGoReference) go;
+      inherit allowGoReference;
+      disallowedReferences = lib.optional (!finalAttrs.allowGoReference) go;
 
       passthru = {
         inherit go;