diff --git a/src/system/kernel/heap.cpp b/src/system/kernel/heap.cpp
index d7b9a7ea9a..e277a5b32c 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/heap.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/heap.cpp
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ heap_realloc(heap_allocator *heap, void *address, void **newAddress,
 
 	// copy the old data and free the old allocation
 	memcpy(*newAddress, address, min_c(maxSize, newSize));
-	free(address);
+	heap_free(heap, address);
 	return B_OK;
 }