diff --git a/crypto/rng.c b/crypto/rng.c
index 055e276427b1..13155058b193 100644
--- a/crypto/rng.c
+++ b/crypto/rng.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int crypto_rng_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
 
 	err = crypto_rng_alg(tfm)->seed(tfm, seed, slen);
 
-	kfree(buf);
+	kzfree(buf);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_rng_reset);