diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
index f32fcba04923dba44c6bc35fdeb0c7e1da428cc5..975810b98492a34f4576b9d3d3ac3e4421fb18c1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ struct dlm_lock * dlm_new_lock(int type, u8 node, u64 cookie,
 		/* zero memory only if kernel-allocated */
 		lksb = kzalloc(sizeof(*lksb), GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!lksb) {
-			kfree(lock);
+			kmem_cache_free(dlm_lock_cache, lock);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		kernel_allocated = 1;