diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index dd76cfe5f5b0..1ed8ca18790c 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ struct cred *cred_alloc_blank(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	new->tgcred = kzalloc(sizeof(*new->tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new->tgcred) {
-		kfree(new);
+		kmem_cache_free(cred_jar, new);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	atomic_set(&new->tgcred->usage, 1);