diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index de2df92f9c77..a3b0119ecb00 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -1159,8 +1159,7 @@ int __init edac_mc_sysfs_init(void)
 
 void __exit edac_mc_sysfs_exit(void)
 {
-	put_device(mci_pdev);
 	device_del(mci_pdev);
+	put_device(mci_pdev);
 	edac_put_sysfs_subsys();
-	kfree(mci_pdev);
 }