diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index d406cd3c8cea..b1dec5d86d63 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_send_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 static void tcp_v6_reqsk_destructor(struct request_sock *req)
 {
-	kfree(inet_rsk(req)->ipv6_opt);
+	kfree_rcu(inet_rsk(req)->ipv6_opt, rcu);
 	consume_skb(inet_rsk(req)->pktopts);
 }