diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index 586e9a75c840a937592f9f55d88fb96249e24cb2..ef3014194049e08ee0395cd3fc836c4815312a59 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -1227,7 +1227,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__devm_alloc_percpu);
  */
 void devm_free_percpu(struct device *dev, void __percpu *pdata)
 {
-	WARN_ON(devres_destroy(dev, devm_percpu_release, devm_percpu_match,
+	/*
+	 * Use devres_release() to prevent memory leakage as
+	 * devm_free_pages() does.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON(devres_release(dev, devm_percpu_release, devm_percpu_match,
 			       (void *)pdata));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_free_percpu);