diff --git a/packages/rspack/src/plugins/utils/apply-web-config.ts b/packages/rspack/src/plugins/utils/apply-web-config.ts
index f2be11a6545804..54f8036ec8262f 100644
--- a/packages/rspack/src/plugins/utils/apply-web-config.ts
+++ b/packages/rspack/src/plugins/utils/apply-web-config.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function applyWebConfig(
     useNormalizedEntry?: boolean;
   } = {}
 ): void {
-  if (!process.env['NX_GRAPH_CREATION']) return;
+  if (global.NX_GRAPH_CREATION) return;
 
   // Defaults that was applied from executor schema previously.
   options.runtimeChunk ??= true; // need this for HMR and other things to work