diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index a059e004f61b..1b86f48c7e84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -1632,8 +1632,7 @@ void snp_msg_free(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
 	free_shared_pages(mdesc->request, sizeof(struct snp_guest_msg));
 	iounmap((__force void __iomem *)mdesc->secrets);
 
-	memset(mdesc, 0, sizeof(*mdesc));
-	kfree(mdesc);
+	kfree_sensitive(mdesc);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snp_msg_free);