diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index a17621c6cd42..332688e5e7b4 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&tsk->usage));
 	WARN_ON(tsk == current);
 
+	task_numa_free(tsk);
 	security_task_free(tsk);
 	exit_creds(tsk);
 	delayacct_tsk_free(tsk);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index dd89c27bb56f..9e126a21c5c7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2151,8 +2151,6 @@ static void finish_task_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
 	if (mm)
 		mmdrop(mm);
 	if (unlikely(prev_state == TASK_DEAD)) {
-		task_numa_free(prev);
-
 		if (prev->sched_class->task_dead)
 			prev->sched_class->task_dead(prev);