diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index de2e4cbbf79a7e0bfdec1b4751072c5ebeab16a4..f5169a96260edc9a95cd3fb61b8f188aa71c43df 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ do_get_write_access(handle_t *handle, struct journal_head *jh,
 
 out:
 	if (unlikely(frozen_buffer))	/* It's usually NULL */
-		kfree(frozen_buffer);
+		jbd_slab_free(frozen_buffer, bh->b_size);
 
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "exit");
 	return error;