diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-deploy.c b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-deploy.c
index ed0262e06f..9318c228a1 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-deploy.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-deploy.c
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ ot_admin_builtin_deploy (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommandInvocation *invocat
       OstreeSysrootSimpleWriteDeploymentFlags flags = 0;
       if (opt_retain_previous)
           flags = OSTREE_SYSROOT_SIMPLE_WRITE_DEPLOYMENT_FLAGS_RETAIN_PREVIOUS_VERSION;
-      if (!ostree_sysroot_stage_tree (sysroot, opt_osname, revision, origin, merge_deployment,
-                                      kargs_strv, &new_deployment, flags, cancellable, error))
+      if (!ostree_sysroot_stage_tree_with_flags (sysroot, opt_osname, revision, origin, merge_deployment,
+                                                 kargs_strv, &new_deployment, flags, cancellable, error))
         return FALSE;
       g_assert (new_deployment);
     }