1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index 89593dcb79f0..6ecfd76270f2 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -592,9 +592,9 @@ static int i2cdev_detach_adapter(struct device *dev, void *dummy)
         if (!i2c_dev) /* attach_adapter must have failed */
                 return 0;
 
+        cdev_del(&i2c_dev->cdev);
         put_i2c_dev(i2c_dev);
         device_destroy(i2c_dev_class, MKDEV(I2C_MAJOR, adap->nr));
-        cdev_del(&i2c_dev->cdev);
 
         pr_debug("i2c-dev: adapter [%s] unregistered\n", adap->name);
         return 0;