diff --git a/GPy/util/linalg.py b/GPy/util/linalg.py
index 49837cd8..fe317c09 100644
--- a/GPy/util/linalg.py
+++ b/GPy/util/linalg.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import scipy
 if np.all(np.float64((scipy.__version__).split('.')[:2]) >= np.array([0, 12])):
     import scipy.linalg.lapack as lapack
 else:
-    import scipy.linalg.lapack.flapack as lapack
+    from scipy.linalg.lapack import flapack as lapack
 
 try:
     _blaslib = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(np.core._dotblas.__file__) # @UndefinedVariable