diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 95c0b644a5b9dc57cccae598350e949e578efd1e..a74dc99638229ad09f9f30ccd5e3bac18d81e499 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7838,7 +7838,7 @@ static const struct file_operations md_seq_fops = {
 	.open           = md_seq_open,
 	.read           = seq_read,
 	.llseek         = seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release_private,
+	.release	= seq_release,
 	.poll		= mdstat_poll,
 };