diff --git a/drivers/net/rionet.c b/drivers/net/rionet.c
index 07eb884ff982405c3d15204a04d6188394e329f3..44150f2f7bfd6b206b17e0a64064d5996d0033ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/rionet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/rionet.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static void rionet_remove(struct rio_dev *rdev)
 	free_pages((unsigned long)rionet_active, rdev->net->hport->sys_size ?
 					__ilog2(sizeof(void *)) + 4 : 0);
 	unregister_netdev(ndev);
-	kfree(ndev);
+	free_netdev(ndev);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(peer, tmp, &rionet_peers, node) {
 		list_del(&peer->node);