diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 88e3b227e..78b13d9b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "vm-fdt"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-fdt?branch=master#bbfd1e7719eef34e42f7853b37a871abbd96cafe"
+source = "git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-fdt?branch=master#02d1b8fde288f42b4e2c0a0ec036f70ab797141c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vm-memory"
diff --git a/arch/src/aarch64/fdt.rs b/arch/src/aarch64/fdt.rs
index c6a21a43e..bca1b1192 100644
--- a/arch/src/aarch64/fdt.rs
+++ b/arch/src/aarch64/fdt.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub fn create_fdt<T: DeviceInfoForFdt + Clone + Debug, S: ::std::hash::BuildHash
     pci_space_address: &(u64, u64),
 ) -> FdtWriterResult<Vec<u8>> {
     // Allocate stuff necessary for the holding the blob.
-    let mut fdt = FdtWriter::new(&[]).unwrap();
+    let mut fdt = FdtWriter::new().unwrap();
 
     // For an explanation why these nodes were introduced in the blob take a look at
     // https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt#L845