diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index c97bb2fda5c0..7e50df8b800b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -6911,7 +6911,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 
 	remove_hist_vars(hist_data);
 
-	kfree(trigger_data);
+	trigger_data_free(trigger_data);
 
 	destroy_hist_data(hist_data);
 	goto out;