diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
index a70245684206..b3260f0c17ba 100644
--- a/mm/page_owner.c
+++ b/mm/page_owner.c
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static const struct file_operations page_owner_stack_fops = {
 	.open		= page_owner_stack_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= seq_release_private,
 };
 
 static int page_owner_threshold_get(void *data, u64 *val)