diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c
index 997be91f0a13..7cedc348790d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/st.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ int mlx5_st_dealloc_index(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u16 st_index)
 
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&idx_data->usecount)) {
 		xa_erase(&st->idx_xa, st_index);
+		kfree(idx_data);
 		/* We leave PCI config space as was before, no mkey will refer to it */
 	}