diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
index b0cbb2b7fd48..76684dcb874c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_offload.c
@@ -1169,10 +1169,7 @@ void *cxgb_alloc_mem(unsigned long size)
  */
 void cxgb_free_mem(void *addr)
 {
-	if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr))
-		vfree(addr);
-	else
-		kfree(addr);
+	kvfree(addr);
 }
 
 /*