diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
index a569c65f22b1..dcf36537a767 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
@@ -2923,7 +2923,7 @@ static int fcoe_ctlr_vlan_recv(struct fcoe_ctlr *fip, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	mutex_unlock(&fip->ctlr_mutex);
 
 drop:
-	kfree(skb);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return rc;
 }