diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 78722aaffecd..d50fc503f73b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1698,8 +1698,8 @@ static void end_workqueue_fn(struct btrfs_work *work)
 	bio->bi_error = end_io_wq->error;
 	bio->bi_private = end_io_wq->private;
 	bio->bi_end_io = end_io_wq->end_io;
-	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_end_io_wq_cache, end_io_wq);
 	bio_endio(bio);
+	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_end_io_wq_cache, end_io_wq);
 }
 
 static int cleaner_kthread(void *arg)