diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index f91179580cea..1ad60b9a2802 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5566,7 +5566,7 @@ int nft_set_elem_expr_clone(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 
 		err = nft_expr_clone(expr, set->exprs[i]);
 		if (err < 0) {
-			nft_expr_destroy(ctx, expr);
+			kfree(expr);
 			goto err_expr;
 		}
 		expr_array[i] = expr;