diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vicodec/vicodec-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/vicodec/vicodec-core.c
index c34a1ac15243..027daa51ced5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vicodec/vicodec-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vicodec/vicodec-core.c
@@ -1620,12 +1620,12 @@ static int vicodec_release(struct file *file)
 	struct video_device *vfd = video_devdata(file);
 	struct vicodec_ctx *ctx = file2ctx(file);
 
-	v4l2_fh_del(&ctx->fh);
-	v4l2_fh_exit(&ctx->fh);
-	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&ctx->hdl);
 	mutex_lock(vfd->lock);
 	v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx);
 	mutex_unlock(vfd->lock);
+	v4l2_fh_del(&ctx->fh);
+	v4l2_fh_exit(&ctx->fh);
+	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&ctx->hdl);
 	kfree(ctx);
 
 	return 0;