diff --git a/src/gmmbin/gmm-decode-simple.cc b/src/gmmbin/gmm-decode-simple.cc
index b408afafdff..5ef35552dc0 100644
--- a/src/gmmbin/gmm-decode-simple.cc
+++ b/src/gmmbin/gmm-decode-simple.cc
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     typedef kaldi::int32 int32;
     using fst::SymbolTable;
     using fst::VectorFst;
+    using fst::Fst;
     using fst::StdArc;
-    using fst::ReadFstKaldi;
+    using fst::ReadFstKaldiGeneric;
 
     const char *usage =
         "Decode features using GMM-based model.\n"
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       am_gmm.Read(ki.Stream(), binary);
     }
 
-    VectorFst<StdArc> *decode_fst = ReadFstKaldi(fst_in_filename);
+    Fst<StdArc> *decode_fst = ReadFstKaldiGeneric(fst_in_filename);
 
     Int32VectorWriter words_writer(words_wspecifier);