diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index b7e4734409..de49298002 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ afs_linux_read_cache(struct file *cachefp, struct page *page,
         cachepage = find_get_page(cachemapping, pageindex);
 	if (!cachepage) {
 	    if (!newpage)
-		newpage = page_cache_alloc_cold(cachemapping);
+		newpage = page_cache_alloc(cachemapping);
 	    if (!newpage) {
 		code = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;