diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 0eb390c205af023eca277c8ca5db85faaea8fa4a..da588def3c61d45767ebc7a68994fe3958469b50 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -1552,6 +1552,7 @@ int xfrm_state_walk(struct net *net, struct xfrm_state_walk *walk,
 		    int (*func)(struct xfrm_state *, int, void*), void *);
 void xfrm_state_walk_done(struct xfrm_state_walk *walk, struct net *net);
 struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_alloc(struct net *net);
+void xfrm_state_free(struct xfrm_state *x);
 struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_find(const xfrm_address_t *daddr,
 				   const xfrm_address_t *saddr,
 				   const struct flowi *fl,
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index b669262682c9763e7c863d6bb77f44ed34402cce..7a34990a68b10308f8b857f391e75aed1d0d72bb 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -426,6 +426,12 @@ static void xfrm_put_mode(struct xfrm_mode *mode)
 	module_put(mode->owner);
 }
 
+void xfrm_state_free(struct xfrm_state *x)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(xfrm_state_cache, x);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_state_free);
+
 static void xfrm_state_gc_destroy(struct xfrm_state *x)
 {
 	tasklet_hrtimer_cancel(&x->mtimer);
@@ -452,7 +458,7 @@ static void xfrm_state_gc_destroy(struct xfrm_state *x)
 	}
 	xfrm_dev_state_free(x);
 	security_xfrm_state_free(x);
-	kmem_cache_free(xfrm_state_cache, x);
+	xfrm_state_free(x);
 }
 
 static void xfrm_state_gc_task(struct work_struct *work)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index df7ca2dabc48881eb607089bb17a19b1bc6028b1..566919838d5e81f2842ccfa119b4f057cd878aae 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -2288,13 +2288,13 @@ static int xfrm_add_acquire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	}
 
-	kfree(x);
+	xfrm_state_free(x);
 	kfree(xp);
 
 	return 0;
 
 free_state:
-	kfree(x);
+	xfrm_state_free(x);
 nomem:
 	return err;
 }