diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 4ce38c99fef9..14ce01092fda 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void inet_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(sk->sk_wmem_queued);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(sk->sk_forward_alloc);
 
-	kfree(rcu_dereference_protected(inet->inet_opt, 1));
+	kfree_rcu(rcu_dereference_protected(inet->inet_opt, 1), rcu);
 	dst_release(rcu_dereference_protected(sk->sk_dst_cache, 1));
 	dst_release(rcu_dereference_protected(sk->sk_rx_dst, 1));
 	psp_sk_assoc_free(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 04dbb2babbcd..bebc5a8d1ab6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ static int tcp_v4_send_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
  */
 static void tcp_v4_reqsk_destructor(struct request_sock *req)
 {
-	kfree(rcu_dereference_protected(inet_rsk(req)->ireq_opt, 1));
+	kfree_rcu(rcu_dereference_protected(inet_rsk(req)->ireq_opt, 1), rcu);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG