diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index b8f847a1f6e4081879ee40a1abe6ab4d8de0706a..ef3ce845ae43aa1a0cc1c99cb5dcd3f9cb3f0908 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2802,8 +2802,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	}
 
 	if (!pages) {
-		remove_vm_area(area->addr);
-		kfree(area);
+		free_vm_area(area);
 		return NULL;
 	}