diff --git a/name-hash.c b/name-hash.c
index 49fd508..702cd05 100644
--- a/name-hash.c
+++ b/name-hash.c
@@ -213,12 +213,11 @@
 struct cache_entry *index_file_exists(struct index_state *istate, const char *name, int namelen, int icase)
 {
 	struct cache_entry *ce;
-	struct hashmap_entry key;
 
 	lazy_init_name_hash(istate);
 
-	hashmap_entry_init(&key, memihash(name, namelen));
-	ce = hashmap_get(&istate->name_hash, &key, NULL);
+	ce = hashmap_get_from_hash(&istate->name_hash,
+				   memihash(name, namelen), NULL);
 	while (ce) {
 		if (same_name(ce, name, namelen, icase))
 			return ce;