diff --git a/kdc/hprop.c b/kdc/hprop.c
index 23e8fe5ed..054acbb03 100644
--- a/kdc/hprop.c
+++ b/kdc/hprop.c
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ get_creds(krb5_context context, krb5_ccache *cache)
     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");