diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/scm_drv.c b/drivers/s390/block/scm_drv.c
index 349966f6fc52..9fa0a908607b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/scm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/scm_drv.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ static int scm_remove(struct scm_device *scmdev)
 {
 	struct scm_blk_dev *bdev = dev_get_drvdata(&scmdev->dev);
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(&scmdev->dev, NULL);
 	scm_blk_dev_cleanup(bdev);
+	dev_set_drvdata(&scmdev->dev, NULL);
 	kfree(bdev);
 
 	return 0;