diff --git a/simple.c b/simple.c
index 01c4da5..5c3231f 100644
--- a/simple.c
+++ b/simple.c
@@ -714,7 +714,14 @@ int simplefs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	root_inode->i_private =
 	    simplefs_get_inode(sb, SIMPLEFS_ROOTDIR_INODE_NUMBER);
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 3, 0)
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root_inode);
+#else
+	sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(root_inode);
+	if (!sb->s_root)
+		iput(root_inode);
+#endif
+
 	if (!sb->s_root)
 		return -ENOMEM;