diff --git a/executer/kernel/mcctrl/control.c b/executer/kernel/mcctrl/control.c
index 8beb2bcd..33a1adbb 100644
--- a/executer/kernel/mcctrl/control.c
+++ b/executer/kernel/mcctrl/control.c
@@ -1463,11 +1463,6 @@ retry_alloc:
 		goto put_ppd_out;
 	}
 
-	ihk_ikc_release_packet((struct ihk_ikc_free_packet *)packet,
-			(usrdata->ikc2linux[smp_processor_id()] ?
-			 usrdata->ikc2linux[smp_processor_id()] :
-			 usrdata->ikc2linux[0]));
-
 	/* Drop reference to zero and restart from add */
 	mcctrl_put_per_thread_data(ptd);
 	pr_ptd("put,in_kernel", task_pid_vnr(current), ptd);
diff --git a/executer/kernel/mcctrl/syscall.c b/executer/kernel/mcctrl/syscall.c
index 15fabb61..dca38a83 100644
--- a/executer/kernel/mcctrl/syscall.c
+++ b/executer/kernel/mcctrl/syscall.c
@@ -2432,6 +2432,10 @@ sched_setparam_out:
 	}
 
 	__return_syscall(os, packet, ret, 0);
+	ihk_ikc_release_packet((struct ihk_ikc_free_packet *)packet,
+			       (usrdata->ikc2linux[smp_processor_id()] ?
+				usrdata->ikc2linux[smp_processor_id()] :
+				usrdata->ikc2linux[0]));
 
 	error = 0;
 out: