diff --git a/mood-line.el b/mood-line.el
index 1879c8f..d2dc871 100644
--- a/mood-line.el
+++ b/mood-line.el
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ The `Face' may be either a face symbol or a property list of key-value pairs
 
 (defun mood-line--modal-editing-p ()
   "Determine if modal editing is being used."
-  (mood-line-segment-modified)) ; (or) is for future modal additions.
+  (or (bound-and-true-p evil-mode))) ; (or) is for future modal additions.
 
 ;;
 ;; Activation function