diff --git a/fs/fscache/stats.c b/fs/fscache/stats.c
index 8179e8bc4a3d..40d13c70ef51 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/stats.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/stats.c
@@ -287,5 +287,5 @@ const struct file_operations fscache_stats_fops = {
 	.open		= fscache_stats_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release        = single_release,
 };