diff --git a/lib/lib_init.c b/lib/lib_init.c
index 0527f921bf0..dc06431449b 100644
--- a/lib/lib_init.c
+++ b/lib/lib_init.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ void lib_releaselist(FAR struct streamlist *list)
                /* Release the IO buffer */
                if (&list->sl_streams[i].fs_bufstart)
                  {
-                   free(list->sl_streams[i].fs_bufstart);
+                   sched_free(list->sl_streams[i].fs_bufstart);
                  }
              }
 #endif