diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index d6d4019ba32f..02d744b517a0 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -830,10 +830,8 @@ void free_pipe_info(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
 	int i;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE
-	if (pipe->watch_queue) {
+	if (pipe->watch_queue)
 		watch_queue_clear(pipe->watch_queue);
-		put_watch_queue(pipe->watch_queue);
-	}
 #endif
 
 	(void) account_pipe_buffers(pipe->user, pipe->nr_accounted, 0);
@@ -843,6 +841,10 @@ void free_pipe_info(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
 		if (buf->ops)
 			pipe_buf_release(pipe, buf);
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE
+	if (pipe->watch_queue)
+		put_watch_queue(pipe->watch_queue);
+#endif
 	if (pipe->tmp_page)
 		__free_page(pipe->tmp_page);
 	kfree(pipe->bufs);