diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 73efb80815db..6dca744e39e9 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -1048,8 +1048,6 @@ void uio_unregister_device(struct uio_info *info)
 
 	idev = info->uio_dev;
 
-	uio_free_minor(idev);
-
 	mutex_lock(&idev->info_lock);
 	uio_dev_del_attributes(idev);
 
@@ -1064,6 +1062,8 @@ void uio_unregister_device(struct uio_info *info)
 
 	device_unregister(&idev->dev);
 
+	uio_free_minor(idev);
+
 	return;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uio_unregister_device);