diff --git a/lib/kadm5/ipropd_slave.c b/lib/kadm5/ipropd_slave.c
index 327b5ee84..994260b2b 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/ipropd_slave.c
+++ b/lib/kadm5/ipropd_slave.c
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ get_creds(krb5_context context, const char *keytab_str,
     ret = krb5_kt_close(context, keytab);
     if(ret) krb5_err(context, 1, ret, "krb5_kt_close");
 
-    ret = krb5_cc_gen_new(context, &krb5_mcc_ops, cache);
-    if(ret) krb5_err(context, 1, ret, "krb5_cc_gen_new");
+    ret = krb5_cc_new_unique(context, krb5_cc_type_memory, NULL, cache);
+    if(ret) krb5_err(context, 1, ret, "krb5_cc_new_unique");
 
     ret = krb5_cc_initialize(context, *cache, client);
     if(ret) krb5_err(context, 1, ret, "krb5_cc_initialize");