diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 23245785927f8dfb6810313db3fcc19f3aa0d8e6..98a6cc5c64edec869176962836de406097266cab 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -933,8 +933,9 @@ static void postfix_clear(struct filter_parse_state *ps)
 
 	while (!list_empty(&ps->postfix)) {
 		elt = list_first_entry(&ps->postfix, struct postfix_elt, list);
-		kfree(elt->operand);
 		list_del(&elt->list);
+		kfree(elt->operand);
+		kfree(elt);
 	}
 }