diff --git a/features/FEATURE_BLE/targets/TARGET_CORDIO/stack_adaptation/hci_tr.c b/features/FEATURE_BLE/targets/TARGET_CORDIO/stack_adaptation/hci_tr.c
index 3e97527799..8bf33a4d48 100644
--- a/features/FEATURE_BLE/targets/TARGET_CORDIO/stack_adaptation/hci_tr.c
+++ b/features/FEATURE_BLE/targets/TARGET_CORDIO/stack_adaptation/hci_tr.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void hciTrSendAclData(void *pContext, uint8_t *pData)
       /* pData is not freed as the hciDrvWrite took ownership of the WSF buffer */
 #else
       /* free buffer */
-      WsfMsgFree(pData);
+      hciCoreTxAclComplete((hciCoreConn_t *)pContext, pData);
 #endif // CORDIO_ZERO_COPY_HCI
   }
 }