diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/staticfiles.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/staticfiles.py
index 71339ea8cd4..ab922757e20 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/staticfiles.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/staticfiles.py
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ def do_static(parser, token):
 
 
 def static(path):
-    return StaticNode.handle_simple(path)
+    return staticfiles_storage.url(path)