diff --git a/sys/dev/xen/balloon/balloon.c b/sys/dev/xen/balloon/balloon.c
index 6aa8c9bbe9b6..f31c72ba9d4c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/xen/balloon/balloon.c
+++ b/sys/dev/xen/balloon/balloon.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ balloon_retrieve(void)
 	STAILQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&ballooned_pages, list);
 
 	page = entry->page;
-	free(entry, M_DEVBUF);
+	free(entry, M_BALLOON);
 	
 	bs.balloon_low--;