diff --git a/src/cuda/curnn.jl b/src/cuda/curnn.jl
index 09f6d43c..4990599f 100644
--- a/src/cuda/curnn.jl
+++ b/src/cuda/curnn.jl
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function RNNDesc{T}(mode::Int, input::Int, hidden::Int; layers = 1) where T
   @check ccall((:cudnnSetRNNDescriptor_v6,libcudnn), cudnnStatus_t, (Ptr{Nothing},Ptr{Nothing},Cint,Cint,Ptr{Nothing},Cint,Cint,Cint,Cint,Cint),
     handle(),d[],hidden,layers,dropoutDesc,inputMode,direction,mode,algo,cudnnDataType(T))
 
-  w = cuzeros(T, rnnParamSize(T, d[], input))
+  w = CuArrays.zeros(T, rnnParamSize(T, d[], input))
   # TODO: avoid reserve allocation here
   rd = RNNDesc{T}(mode, input, hidden, w, params(w, input, hidden, ngates(mode))..., d[])
   finalizer(rd) do x