diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 8f9a8cc7cc62558e71ef5896abf05437895979a3..c98a852180b15ace0d49d52839cd792fd99fb508 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1066,10 +1066,7 @@ struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *sb)
 
 out:
 	kfree(path);
-	/* can not call macro free_xid here since in a void func
-	 * TODO: This is no longer true
-	 */
-	_free_xid(xid);
+	free_xid(xid);
 	return inode;
 }