diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 4c92def8b114..fe079ff82ef1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ event_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 
 	if (remove) {
 		event_trigger_unregister(cmd_ops, file, glob+1, trigger_data);
-		kfree(trigger_data);
+		trigger_data_free(trigger_data);
 		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ event_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 
  out_free:
 	event_trigger_reset_filter(cmd_ops, trigger_data);
-	kfree(trigger_data);
+	trigger_data_free(trigger_data);
 	goto out;
 }