diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 1bcae82..29b5a1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 struct bpf_map_ops {
 	/* funcs callable from userspace (via syscall) */
 	struct bpf_map *(*map_alloc)(union bpf_attr *attr);
-	void (*map_free)(struct bpf_map *);
+	void (*map_release)(struct bpf_map *map, struct file *map_file);
+	void (*map_free)(struct bpf_map *map);
 	int (*map_get_next_key)(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *next_key);
 
 	/* funcs callable from userspace and from eBPF programs */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 46ecce4..fc3adcd 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@
 
 static int bpf_map_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	bpf_map_put_with_uref(filp->private_data);
+	struct bpf_map *map = filp->private_data;
+
+	if (map->ops->map_release)
+		map->ops->map_release(map, filp);
+
+	bpf_map_put_with_uref(map);
 	return 0;
 }