diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index 44b87e4274b4..b098fde373ab 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ struct rpcrdma_req *rpcrdma_req_create(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 	return req;
 
 out3:
-	kfree(req->rl_sendbuf);
+	rpcrdma_regbuf_free(req->rl_sendbuf);
 out2:
 	kfree(req);
 out1: