diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 145be04b7108..c4118bb508ec 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ static inline bool queue_pages_required(struct page *page,
  */
 static int queue_pages_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, spinlock_t *ptl, unsigned long addr,
 				unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *walk)
+	__releases(ptl)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct page *page;