diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
index 39f5261c9854..5cf5b7334089 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ void sptlrpc_request_out_callback(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 	if (req->rq_pool || !req->rq_reqbuf)
 		return;
 
-	kfree(req->rq_reqbuf);
+	kvfree(req->rq_reqbuf);
 	req->rq_reqbuf = NULL;
 	req->rq_reqbuf_len = 0;
 }