diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 08b0ac48f30fd952fe57376a8e8b0d61f8bc1ad6..1b672a9fd916f4271d644ed8d73c04c75b98aa4e 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int checkout_paths(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
 		return run_add_interactive(revision, "--patch=checkout",
 					   &opts->pathspec);
 
-	hold_locked_index(&lock_file, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
+	repo_hold_locked_index(the_repository, &lock_file, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
 	if (read_cache_preload(&opts->pathspec) < 0)
 		return error(_("index file corrupt"));