diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index bc2fa4e85f0c..d44519594561 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ 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);
 	}
 }