diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 2565f6d1d661..e3fe5c705606 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2672,7 +2672,7 @@ void netif_napi_del(struct napi_struct *napi)
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *next;
 
 	list_del_init(&napi->dev_list);
-	kfree(napi->skb);
+	kfree_skb(napi->skb);
 
 	for (skb = napi->gro_list; skb; skb = next) {
 		next = skb->next;