diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c b/drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c
index 0ef29d202263..318e087f8442 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c
@@ -886,19 +886,20 @@ static void iowarrior_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 	dev = usb_get_intfdata(interface);
 	mutex_lock(&iowarrior_open_disc_lock);
 	usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
+	/* prevent device read, write and ioctl */
+	dev->present = 0;
 
 	minor = dev->minor;
+	mutex_unlock(&iowarrior_open_disc_lock);
+	/* give back our minor - this will call close() locks need to be dropped at this point*/
 
-	/* give back our minor */
 	usb_deregister_dev(interface, &iowarrior_class);
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
 
 	/* prevent device read, write and ioctl */
-	dev->present = 0;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
-	mutex_unlock(&iowarrior_open_disc_lock);
 
 	if (dev->opened) {
 		/* There is a process that holds a filedescriptor to the device ,