diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index e11dc86ceda0..6badad29593b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ int fib_table_insert(struct net *net, struct fib_table *tb,
 out_remove_new_fa:
 	fib_remove_alias(t, tp, l, new_fa);
 out_free_new_fa:
-	kmem_cache_free(fn_alias_kmem, new_fa);
+	alias_free_mem_rcu(new_fa);
 out:
 	fib_release_info(fi);
 err: