diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 580b3a4..441d434 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@
 			tmp_end++;
 			if (!(tmp_end < end && tmp_end[1] == delim)) {
 				/* No it is not. Set the password to NULL */
-				kfree(vol->password);
+				kzfree(vol->password);
 				vol->password = NULL;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@
 					options = end;
 			}
 
-			kfree(vol->password);
+			kzfree(vol->password);
 			/* Now build new password string */
 			temp_len = strlen(value);
 			vol->password = kzalloc(temp_len+1, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -4159,7 +4159,7 @@
 		reset_cifs_unix_caps(0, tcon, NULL, vol_info);
 out:
 	kfree(vol_info->username);
-	kfree(vol_info->password);
+	kzfree(vol_info->password);
 	kfree(vol_info);
 
 	return tcon;