diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index b7c0e24d9398..12004452d999 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -1683,8 +1683,7 @@ void __devm_release_region(struct device *dev, struct resource *parent,
 {
 	struct region_devres match_data = { parent, start, n };
 
-	__release_region(parent, start, n);
-	WARN_ON(devres_destroy(dev, devm_region_release, devm_region_match,
+	WARN_ON(devres_release(dev, devm_region_release, devm_region_match,
 			       &match_data));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__devm_release_region);