diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index afc98adf2746..9813ed0fde9b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ static int mptcp_nl_cmd_add_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!entry) {
 		GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "can't allocate addr");
 		return -ENOMEM;