diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index cee9c1a552ab5ed2f62d725eff46251dd28ea72e..20c755e018cad3fdc59cb767eac7f604120793be 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4243,12 +4243,6 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	return sret;
 }
 
-static void tracing_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-				     struct pipe_buffer *buf)
-{
-	__free_page(buf->page);
-}
-
 static void tracing_spd_release_pipe(struct splice_pipe_desc *spd,
 				     unsigned int idx)
 {
@@ -4260,7 +4254,7 @@ static const struct pipe_buf_operations tracing_pipe_buf_ops = {
 	.map			= generic_pipe_buf_map,
 	.unmap			= generic_pipe_buf_unmap,
 	.confirm		= generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
-	.release		= tracing_pipe_buf_release,
+	.release		= generic_pipe_buf_release,
 	.steal			= generic_pipe_buf_steal,
 	.get			= generic_pipe_buf_get,
 };