diff --git a/bin/named/main.c b/bin/named/main.c
index 33421faeaa..2645489aee 100644
--- a/bin/named/main.c
+++ b/bin/named/main.c
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 #endif /* ifdef HAVE_GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBXML2
-	xmlInitThreads();
+	xmlInitParser();
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBXML2 */
 
 	/*
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	named_os_shutdown();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBXML2
-	xmlCleanupThreads();
+	xmlCleanupParser();
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBXML2 */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER