diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 4424f7f..61cd28b 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ xattr_getsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *value,
 	}
 	memcpy(value, buffer, len);
 out:
-	security_release_secctx(buffer, len);
+	kfree(buffer);
 out_noalloc:
 	return len;
 }