diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index cbc248776511..f35bd06a6bad 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ void qdisc_offload_query_caps(struct net_device *dev,
 struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 			  const struct Qdisc_ops *ops,
 			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
-void qdisc_free(struct Qdisc *qdisc);
+void qdisc_free_rcu(struct Qdisc *qdisc);
 struct Qdisc *qdisc_create_dflt(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 				const struct Qdisc_ops *ops, u32 parentid,
 				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 90503e59e6e3..463ededcdcfe 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ static struct Qdisc *qdisc_create(struct net_device *dev,
 err_out3:
 	qdisc_lock_uninit(sch, ops);
 	netdev_put(dev, &sch->dev_tracker);
-	qdisc_free(sch);
+	qdisc_free_rcu(sch);
 err_out2:
 	bpf_module_put(ops, ops->owner);
 err_out:
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 4539dc2c6d38..6f6a6f0d5eb0 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -1086,21 +1086,21 @@ void qdisc_reset(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdisc_reset);
 
-void qdisc_free(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
-{
-	if (qdisc_is_percpu_stats(qdisc)) {
-		free_percpu(qdisc->cpu_bstats);
-		free_percpu(qdisc->cpu_qstats);
-	}
-
-	kfree(qdisc);
-}
-
 static void qdisc_free_cb(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct Qdisc *q = container_of(head, struct Qdisc, rcu);
 
-	qdisc_free(q);
+	if (qdisc_is_percpu_stats(q)) {
+		free_percpu(q->cpu_bstats);
+		free_percpu(q->cpu_qstats);
+	}
+
+	kfree(q);
+}
+
+void qdisc_free_rcu(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
+{
+	call_rcu(&qdisc->rcu, qdisc_free_cb);
 }
 
 static void __qdisc_destroy(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static void __qdisc_destroy(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 
 	trace_qdisc_destroy(qdisc);
 
-	call_rcu(&qdisc->rcu, qdisc_free_cb);
+	qdisc_free_rcu(qdisc);
 }
 
 void qdisc_destroy(struct Qdisc *qdisc)