diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
index b2f63a6dadb6..e75c908e4bc2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static struct srpt_ioctx *srpt_alloc_ioctx(struct srpt_device *sdev,
 	return ioctx;
 
 err_free_buf:
-	kfree(ioctx->buf);
+	kmem_cache_free(buf_cache, ioctx->buf);
 err_free_ioctx:
 	kfree(ioctx);
 err: