diff --git a/src/applications/repository/worker/commitmessageparser/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker.php b/src/applications/repository/worker/commitmessageparser/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker.php
--- a/src/applications/repository/worker/commitmessageparser/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/worker/commitmessageparser/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 
     $force_autoclose = idx($this->getTaskData(), 'forceAutoclose', false);
     if ($force_autoclose) {
-      $autoclose_reason = $repository::BECAUSE_AUTOCLOSE_FORCED;
+      $autoclose_reason = PhabricatorRepository::BECAUSE_AUTOCLOSE_FORCED;
     } else {
       $autoclose_reason = $repository->shouldSkipAutocloseCommit($commit);
     }