1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c b/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
index b983c4ecad38..290ef3037437 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
@@ -402,11 +402,12 @@ void mei_nfc_host_exit(struct mei_device *dev)
 
         cldev->priv_data = NULL;
 
-        mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
         /* Need to remove the device here
          * since mei_nfc_free will unlink the clients
          */
         mei_cl_remove_device(cldev);
+
+        mutex_lock(&dev->device_lock);
         mei_nfc_free(ndev);
         mutex_unlock(&dev->device_lock);
 }