diff --git a/module/spl/spl-kmem.c b/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
index ec1ccb4ce..53aefee14 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strdup);
 void
 strfree(char *str)
 {
-	kmem_free(str, strlen(str) + 1);
+	kfree(str);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strfree);