diff --git a/security/keys/request_key.c b/security/keys/request_key.c
index 4bd6bdb74193..c411f9bb156b 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key.c
@@ -93,9 +93,16 @@ static void umh_keys_cleanup(struct subprocess_info *info)
 static int call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
 					struct key *session_keyring, int wait)
 {
-	return call_usermodehelper_fns(path, argv, envp, wait,
-				       umh_keys_init, umh_keys_cleanup,
-				       key_get(session_keyring));
+	struct subprocess_info *info;
+
+	info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp, GFP_KERNEL,
+					  umh_keys_init, umh_keys_cleanup,
+					  session_keyring);
+	if (!info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	key_get(session_keyring);
+	return call_usermodehelper_exec(info, wait);
 }
 
 /*