diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 14b42f4ad791..a606025814a1 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
 #include <net/act_api.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 
-static void tcf_common_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	kfree(container_of(head, struct tcf_common, tcfc_rcu));
-}
-
 void tcf_hash_destroy(struct tcf_common *p, struct tcf_hashinfo *hinfo)
 {
 	unsigned int h = tcf_hash(p->tcfc_index, hinfo->hmask);
@@ -47,7 +42,7 @@ void tcf_hash_destroy(struct tcf_common *p, struct tcf_hashinfo *hinfo)
 			 * gen_estimator est_timer() might access p->tcfc_lock
 			 * or bstats, wait a RCU grace period before freeing p
 			 */
-			call_rcu(&p->tcfc_rcu, tcf_common_free_rcu);
+			kfree_rcu(p, tcfc_rcu);
 			return;
 		}
 	}