diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/fasttimer.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/fasttimer.c
index ce6f512968a4dd3457c84fd8305351a012611fc1..48a59afbeeb1e506550d85d34daf284df214a959 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/fasttimer.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/fasttimer.c
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_fasttimer_fops = {
 	.open		= proc_fasttimer_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 #endif /* PROC_FS */
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/fasttimer.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/fasttimer.c
index e43dd70acd96325071b8b333aae616cf0cf6eac3..f6644535b17e199637f810b8fcbea2fcef548b0c 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/fasttimer.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/fasttimer.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_fasttimer_fops = {
 	.open		= proc_fasttimer_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
+	.release	= single_release,
 };
 
 #endif /* PROC_FS */