1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5c360347a1e9..7f9ee2929cfe 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2889,10 +2889,10 @@ static int kvm_ioctl_create_device(struct kvm *kvm,
 
         ret = anon_inode_getfd(ops->name, &kvm_device_fops, dev, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
         if (ret < 0) {
-                ops->destroy(dev);
                 mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
                 list_del(&dev->vm_node);
                 mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+                ops->destroy(dev);
                 return ret;
         }