diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index 01ce125f8e8d..412629601ad3 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -54,37 +54,11 @@ static char *dmabuffs_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 			     dentry->d_name.name, ret > 0 ? name : "");
 }
 
-static const struct dentry_operations dma_buf_dentry_ops = {
-	.d_dname = dmabuffs_dname,
-};
-
-static struct vfsmount *dma_buf_mnt;
-
-static int dma_buf_fs_init_context(struct fs_context *fc)
-{
-	struct pseudo_fs_context *ctx;
-
-	ctx = init_pseudo(fc, DMA_BUF_MAGIC);
-	if (!ctx)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	ctx->dops = &dma_buf_dentry_ops;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct file_system_type dma_buf_fs_type = {
-	.name = "dmabuf",
-	.init_fs_context = dma_buf_fs_init_context,
-	.kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
-};
-
-static int dma_buf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+static void dma_buf_release(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dma_buf *dmabuf;
 
-	if (!is_dma_buf_file(file))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	dmabuf = file->private_data;
+	dmabuf = dentry->d_fsdata;
 
 	BUG_ON(dmabuf->vmapping_counter);
 
@@ -110,9 +84,32 @@ static int dma_buf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	module_put(dmabuf->owner);
 	kfree(dmabuf->name);
 	kfree(dmabuf);
+}
+
+static const struct dentry_operations dma_buf_dentry_ops = {
+	.d_dname = dmabuffs_dname,
+	.d_release = dma_buf_release,
+};
+
+static struct vfsmount *dma_buf_mnt;
+
+static int dma_buf_fs_init_context(struct fs_context *fc)
+{
+	struct pseudo_fs_context *ctx;
+
+	ctx = init_pseudo(fc, DMA_BUF_MAGIC);
+	if (!ctx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	ctx->dops = &dma_buf_dentry_ops;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static struct file_system_type dma_buf_fs_type = {
+	.name = "dmabuf",
+	.init_fs_context = dma_buf_fs_init_context,
+	.kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
+};
+
 static int dma_buf_mmap_internal(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct dma_buf *dmabuf;
@@ -412,7 +409,6 @@ static void dma_buf_show_fdinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct file *file)
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations dma_buf_fops = {
-	.release	= dma_buf_release,
 	.mmap		= dma_buf_mmap_internal,
 	.llseek		= dma_buf_llseek,
 	.poll		= dma_buf_poll,