diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index dcc1992b14d7..338b06de86d1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ struct rpcrdma_req *rpcrdma_req_create(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, size_t size,
 	return req;
 
 out3:
-	kfree(req->rl_sendbuf);
+	rpcrdma_regbuf_free(req->rl_sendbuf);
 out2:
 	kfree(req);
 out1: