diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/cache-debugfs.c b/arch/sh/mm/cache-debugfs.c
index c5b56d52b7d2..0e189ccd4a77 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/cache-debugfs.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/cache-debugfs.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static const struct file_operations cache_debugfs_fops = {
 	.open		= cache_debugfs_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
 static int __init cache_debugfs_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/pmb.c b/arch/sh/mm/pmb.c
index 46911bcbf17b..cef727669c87 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/pmb.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/pmb.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static const struct file_operations pmb_debugfs_fops = {
 	.open		= pmb_debugfs_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
 static int __init pmb_debugfs_init(void)