diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 5ef6d31a52c5..566c1e193ee1 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ static inline void shm_lock_by_ptr(struct shmid_kernel *ipcp)
 	ipc_lock_object(&ipcp->shm_perm);
 }
 
+static void __shm_free(struct shmid_kernel *shp)
+{
+	kvfree(shp);
+}
+
 static void shm_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr = container_of(head, struct kern_ipc_perm,
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ static void shm_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
 	struct shmid_kernel *shp = container_of(ptr, struct shmid_kernel,
 							shm_perm);
 	security_shm_free(shp);
-	ipc_rcu_free(head);
+	__shm_free(shp);
 }
 
 static inline void shm_rmid(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *s)
@@ -557,7 +562,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 	shp->shm_perm.security = NULL;
 	error = security_shm_alloc(shp);
 	if (error) {
-		ipc_rcu_putref(&shp->shm_perm, ipc_rcu_free);
+		__shm_free(shp);
 		return error;
 	}