diff --git a/include/stratosphere/utilities.hpp b/include/stratosphere/utilities.hpp
index 6353f6c6..38511c40 100644
--- a/include/stratosphere/utilities.hpp
+++ b/include/stratosphere/utilities.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,25 @@ static inline void CopyFromIram(void *dst_addr, uintptr_t iram_addr, size_t size
     svcCallSecureMonitor(&args);
 }
 
+static inline Result SmcGetConfig(SplConfigItem config_item, u64 *out_config) {
+    SecmonArgs args = {0};
+    args.X[0] = 0xC3000002;        /* smcGetConfig */
+    args.X[1] = (u64)config_item;  /* config item */
+
+    Result rc = svcCallSecureMonitor(&args);
+    if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc)) {
+        if (args.X[0] == 0) {
+            if (out_config) {
+                *out_config = args.X[1];
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* SPL result n = SMC result n */
+            rc = MAKERESULT(26, args.X[0]);
+        }
+    }
+    return rc;
+}
+
 static inline bool IsApplicationTid(u64 title_id) {
     constexpr u64 application_tid_min = 0x0100000000010000ul;
     constexpr u64 application_tid_max = 0x01FFFFFFFFFFFFFFul;
diff --git a/include/stratosphere/version_check.hpp b/include/stratosphere/version_check.hpp
index 598b7e64..668d429b 100644
--- a/include/stratosphere/version_check.hpp
+++ b/include/stratosphere/version_check.hpp
@@ -18,13 +18,9 @@
 #include <switch.h>
 
 static inline void GetAtmosphereApiVersion(u32 *major, u32 *minor, u32 *micro, u32 *target_fw, u32 *mkey_rev) {
-    if (R_FAILED(splInitialize())) {
-        fatalSimple(0xCAFE << 4 | 0xD);
-    }
-    
     /* Check for exosphere API compatibility. */
     u64 exosphere_cfg;
-    if (R_FAILED(splGetConfig((SplConfigItem)65000, &exosphere_cfg))) {
+    if (R_FAILED(SmcGetConfig((SplConfigItem)65000, &exosphere_cfg))) {
         fatalSimple(0xCAFE << 4 | 0xE);
     }
     
@@ -47,8 +43,6 @@ static inline void GetAtmosphereApiVersion(u32 *major, u32 *minor, u32 *micro, u
     if (major) {
         *major     = (u32)((exosphere_cfg >> 0x20) & 0xFF);
     }
-    
-    splExit();
 }
 
 static inline u32 MakeAtmosphereVersion(u32 major, u32 minor, u32 micro) {