diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index 7b3f732..bff427f 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
 
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->mpls_ptr, NULL);
 
-	kfree(mdev);
+	kfree_rcu(mdev, rcu);
 }
 
 static int mpls_dev_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,