diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/macsec_fs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/macsec_fs.c
index efc5167493c1..7d785c937d43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/macsec_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/macsec_fs.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct mlx5_fs_id {
 	refcount_t refcnt;
 	sci_t sci;
 	struct rhash_head hash;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 struct mlx5_macsec_device {
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@ static void macsec_fs_id_del(struct list_head *macsec_devices_list, u32 fs_id,
 
 	xa_erase(fs_id_xa, fs_id);
 
-	kfree(fs_id_found);
+	kfree_rcu(fs_id_found, rcu);
 
 	if (macsec_fs_is_macsec_device_empty(macsec_device)) {
 		list_del(&macsec_device->macsec_devices_list_entry);