diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
index 77d257ec899be9b5ec23b7489850161a14d52d1c..6d52ea03574e591552de460be15cf22720395a5a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static int create_cq_user(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct ib_udata *udata,
 	return 0;
 
 err_cqb:
-	kfree(*cqb);
+	kvfree(*cqb);
 
 err_db:
 	mlx5_ib_db_unmap_user(to_mucontext(context), &cq->db);