diff --git a/linux-core/drm_fops.c b/linux-core/drm_fops.c
index 20cbf343..fd1704b8 100644
--- a/linux-core/drm_fops.c
+++ b/linux-core/drm_fops.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA)) {
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA) && !dev->driver->release) {
 		dev->driver->reclaim_buffers(dev, filp);
 	}