diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
index 31803b367104..5a31cec947fa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static int create_cq_user(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct ib_udata *udata,
 	return 0;
 
 err_cqb:
-	kfree(cqb);
+	kfree(*cqb);
 
 err_db:
 	mlx5_ib_db_unmap_user(to_mucontext(context), &cq->db);