diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_send.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_send.c
index f421013b0b542b1c0895f4b0b30c363df36641c4..2ca79b9bde1f000d4065cb0322df8a33529cd953 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_send.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_send.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static struct mlx5dr_qp *dr_create_rc_qp(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	MLX5_SET(create_qp_in, in, opcode, MLX5_CMD_OP_CREATE_QP);
 	err = mlx5_cmd_exec(mdev, in, inlen, out, sizeof(out));
 	dr_qp->qpn = MLX5_GET(create_qp_out, out, qpn);
-	kfree(in);
+	kvfree(in);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_in;
 	dr_qp->uar = attr->uar;