diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
index b17129e3b7c83a0d07587c506ef8ada1c009e08f..2b3c2d79256f9343469ad0428ef4eb1f9434028c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_palinfo_fops = {
 	.open		= proc_palinfo_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
 static void __cpuinit
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
index 5035245cb258cf9e6af07b071be0c481d64da1de..4bc580af67b3995dbfb4772adfc7336807032197 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_salinfo_fops = {
 	.open		= proc_salinfo_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
 module_init(salinfo_init);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/prominfo_proc.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/prominfo_proc.c
index daa8d6badb160848659cddaed0b897b55a504deb..ec4de2b09653d8b0809514d721fb3b28b27ff0d3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/prominfo_proc.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/prominfo_proc.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_fit_fops = {
 	.open		= proc_fit_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
 static int proc_version_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_version_fops = {
 	.open		= proc_version_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
 /* module entry points */