diff --git a/certs/blacklist.c b/certs/blacklist.c
index a888b93..0294719 100644
--- a/certs/blacklist.c
+++ b/certs/blacklist.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int __init blacklist_init(void)
 			      KEY_USR_VIEW | KEY_USR_READ |
 			      KEY_USR_SEARCH,
 			      KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA |
-			      KEY_FLAG_KEEP,
+			      KEY_ALLOC_SET_KEEP,
 			      NULL, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(blacklist_keyring))
 		panic("Can't allocate system blacklist keyring\n");