diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index ac07e8c94c79..478aa86fc1f2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ static void nbd_put(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	if (refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(&nbd->refs,
 					&nbd_index_mutex)) {
 		idr_remove(&nbd_index_idr, nbd->index);
-		mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
 		nbd_dev_remove(nbd);
+		mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
 	}
 }