diff --git a/security/apparmor/label.c b/security/apparmor/label.c
index a8850d118c9c..c60244ed96db 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/label.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/label.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ struct aa_label *aa_label_alloc(int size, struct aa_proxy *proxy, gfp_t gfp)
 	return new;
 
 fail:
-	kfree(new);
+	aa_label_free(new);
 
 	return NULL;
 }