diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 9e65758cb038..cedd9bf67b8c 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -3390,7 +3390,7 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_auth_key(struct sock *sk,
 
 	ret = sctp_auth_set_key(sctp_sk(sk)->ep, asoc, authkey);
 out:
-	kfree(authkey);
+	kzfree(authkey);
 	return ret;
 }