diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/mm.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/mm.h
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@
 	vm_page_wire(page);
 }
 
+void linux_release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr);
+#define	release_pages(pages, nr) linux_release_pages((pages), (nr))
+
 extern long
 lkpi_get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
     unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **);
diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/pagemap.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/pagemap.h
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@
 unsigned long linux_invalidate_mapping_pages(vm_object_t obj, pgoff_t start,
     pgoff_t end);
 
-static inline void
-release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
-		put_page(pages[i]);
-}
-
 static inline void
 mapping_clear_unevictable(vm_object_t mapping)
 {
diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@
 	}
 }
 
+void
+linux_release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
+		put_page(pages[i]);
+}
+
 vm_offset_t
 linux_alloc_kmem(gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
 {