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diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 13414ec45b8d..f7dd21ad85a6 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -302,6 +302,20 @@ int generic_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * generic_pipe_buf_release - put a reference to a &struct pipe_buffer
+ * @pipe:	the pipe that the buffer belongs to
+ * @buf:	the buffer to put a reference to
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *	This function releases a reference to @buf.
+ */
+void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			      struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	page_cache_release(buf->page);
+}
+
 static const struct pipe_buf_operations anon_pipe_buf_ops = {
 	.can_merge = 1,
 	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,