diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 2fb78467582b..b949c3917c67 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ static int process_system_preds(struct trace_subsystem_dir *dir,
 	parse_error(pe, FILT_ERR_BAD_SUBSYS_FILTER, 0);
 	return -EINVAL;
  fail_mem:
-	kfree(filter);
+	__free_filter(filter);
 	/* If any call succeeded, we still need to sync */
 	if (!fail)
 		tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();