diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpc_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpc_internal.h
index 1d64ca71920c..34c7e28afdaf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/ptlrpc_internal.h
@@ -298,6 +298,6 @@ static inline void tgt_mod_exit(void)
 static inline void ptlrpc_reqset_put(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&set->set_refcount))
-		OBD_FREE_PTR(set);
+		kfree(set);
 }
 #endif /* PTLRPC_INTERNAL_H */