diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
index 5e76a96a118e..71b6185b4904 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ static int mlxsw_core_reg_access_emad(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core,
 	err = mlxsw_emad_reg_access(mlxsw_core, reg, payload, type, trans,
 				    bulk_list, cb, cb_priv, tid);
 	if (err) {
-		kfree(trans);
+		kfree_rcu(trans, rcu);
 		return err;
 	}
 	return 0;