diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 43240583fd5b..39797490a1f1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_trans(
 		"bad number of regions (%d) in inode log format",
 				  in_f->ilf_size);
 			ASSERT(0);
-			free(ptr);
+			kmem_free(ptr);
 			return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 		}