diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
index 8417c2f2c6cfdbf2208a039b626b60ce56524134..579220b418b71866fd79787e5feabdbd1f5b4c8e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int hostap_disable_hostapd(PSDevice pDevice, int rtnl_locked)
 		DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "%s: Netdevice %s unregistered\n",
 			pDevice->dev->name, pDevice->apdev->name);
 	}
-	kfree(pDevice->apdev);
+	free_netdev(pDevice->apdev);
 	pDevice->apdev = NULL;
 	pDevice->bEnable8021x = false;
 	pDevice->bEnableHostWEP = false;