diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
index 5faeca61d3dd..b3f41f432ec2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void fb_deferred_io_open(struct fb_info *info,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_deferred_io_open);
 
-void fb_deferred_io_cleanup(struct fb_info *info)
+void fb_deferred_io_release(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio = info->fbdefio;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -306,6 +306,14 @@ void fb_deferred_io_cleanup(struct fb_info *info)
 		page = fb_deferred_io_page(info, i);
 		page->mapping = NULL;
 	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_deferred_io_release);
+
+void fb_deferred_io_cleanup(struct fb_info *info)
+{
+	struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio = info->fbdefio;
+
+	fb_deferred_io_release(info);
 
 	kvfree(info->pagerefs);
 	mutex_destroy(&fbdefio->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 1b288a613a6e..ec7a883715e3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,10 @@ __releases(&info->lock)
 	struct fb_info * const info = file->private_data;
 
 	lock_fb_info(info);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO)
+	if (info->fbdefio)
+		fb_deferred_io_release(info);
+#endif
 	if (info->fbops->fb_release)
 		info->fbops->fb_release(info,1);
 	module_put(info->fbops->owner);
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index b322d30f6225..433cddf8442b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ extern int  fb_deferred_io_init(struct fb_info *info);
 extern void fb_deferred_io_open(struct fb_info *info,
 				struct inode *inode,
 				struct file *file);
+extern void fb_deferred_io_release(struct fb_info *info);
 extern void fb_deferred_io_cleanup(struct fb_info *info);
 extern int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start,
 				loff_t end, int datasync);