1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index b32b1815ae5a..ac63b56e23b2 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1529,6 +1529,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(proto_register);
 void proto_unregister(struct proto *prot)
 {
         write_lock(&proto_list_lock);
+        list_del(&prot->node);
+        write_unlock(&proto_list_lock);
 
         if (prot->slab != NULL) {
                 kmem_cache_destroy(prot->slab);
@@ -1550,9 +1552,6 @@ void proto_unregister(struct proto *prot)
                 kfree(name);
                 prot->twsk_slab = NULL;
         }
-
-        list_del(&prot->node);
-        write_unlock(&proto_list_lock);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proto_unregister);