diff --git a/net/sched/em_text.c b/net/sched/em_text.c
index 6f3c1fb2fb44..f176afb70559 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_text.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_text.c
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ static int em_text_change(struct net *net, void *data, int len,
 
 static void em_text_destroy(struct tcf_ematch *m)
 {
-	if (EM_TEXT_PRIV(m) && EM_TEXT_PRIV(m)->config)
+	if (EM_TEXT_PRIV(m) && EM_TEXT_PRIV(m)->config) {
 		textsearch_destroy(EM_TEXT_PRIV(m)->config);
+		kfree(EM_TEXT_PRIV(m));
+	}
 }
 
 static int em_text_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_ematch *m)