1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index f1d14519cc04..1cb4deca1324 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
         if (!part)
                 return;
 
-        blk_free_devt(part_devt(part));
         rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->part[partno], NULL);
         rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL);
         kobject_put(part->holder_dir);
         device_del(part_to_dev(part));
+        blk_free_devt(part_devt(part));
 
         hd_struct_put(part);
 }