diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c
index de1b214dba1f98..d4f2db3c53d8c0 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c
@@ -788,6 +788,24 @@ static void clear_sla(struct adf_rl *rl_data, struct rl_sla *sla)
 	sla_type_arr[node_id] = NULL;
 }
 
+static void free_all_sla(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
+{
+	struct adf_rl *rl_data = accel_dev->rate_limiting;
+	int sla_id;
+
+	mutex_lock(&rl_data->rl_lock);
+
+	for (sla_id = 0; sla_id < RL_NODES_CNT_MAX; sla_id++) {
+		if (!rl_data->sla[sla_id])
+			continue;
+
+		kfree(rl_data->sla[sla_id]);
+		rl_data->sla[sla_id] = NULL;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&rl_data->rl_lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * add_update_sla() - handles the creation and the update of an SLA
  * @accel_dev: pointer to acceleration device structure
@@ -1155,7 +1173,7 @@ void adf_rl_stop(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)
 		return;
 
 	adf_sysfs_rl_rm(accel_dev);
-	adf_rl_remove_sla_all(accel_dev, true);
+	free_all_sla(accel_dev);
 }
 
 void adf_rl_exit(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev)