diff --git a/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c b/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c
index e8fa7f53cd5e..3134b13081af 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fwserial/fwserial.c
@@ -2116,8 +2116,7 @@ static void fwserial_remove_peer(struct fwtty_peer *peer)
 	if (port)
 		fwserial_release_port(port, true);
 
-	synchronize_rcu();
-	kfree(peer);
+	kfree_rcu(peer);
 }
 
 /**