diff --git a/fs/smb/server/auth.c b/fs/smb/server/auth.c
index 58380a986af55c856da33655c38ccd5620f22015..c3baf6537fadb100136909a1b5ec778fb5e33411 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/auth.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/auth.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ int ksmbd_crypt_message(struct ksmbd_work *work, struct kvec *iov,
 free_sg:
 	kfree(sg);
 free_req:
-	kfree(req);
+	aead_request_free(req);
 free_ctx:
 	ksmbd_release_crypto_ctx(ctx);
 	return rc;