diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_debugfs.c
index 411c12cdb249..bb516eb12421 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_debugfs.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static const struct file_operations nouveau_pstate_fops = {
 	.open = nouveau_debugfs_pstate_open,
 	.read = seq_read,
 	.write = nouveau_debugfs_pstate_set,
+	.release = single_release,
 };
 
 static struct drm_info_list nouveau_debugfs_list[] = {