diff --git a/drivers/media/video/et61x251/et61x251_core.c b/drivers/media/video/et61x251/et61x251_core.c
index f786ab11d2cd9b1a48cb0aff6bd70f85c19abd2f..86e353b26b53091c8deb0590ee18f272bead6d3a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/et61x251/et61x251_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/et61x251/et61x251_core.c
@@ -1182,8 +1182,6 @@ static void et61x251_release_resources(struct et61x251_device* cam)
 	video_set_drvdata(cam->v4ldev, NULL);
 	video_unregister_device(cam->v4ldev);
 
-	usb_put_dev(cam->usbdev);
-
 	mutex_unlock(&et61x251_sysfs_lock);
 
 	kfree(cam->control_buffer);
@@ -1275,6 +1273,7 @@ static int et61x251_release(struct inode* inode, struct file* filp)
 
 	if (cam->state & DEV_DISCONNECTED) {
 		et61x251_release_resources(cam);
+		usb_put_dev(cam->usbdev);
 		mutex_unlock(&cam->dev_mutex);
 		kfree(cam);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c b/drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c
index a4702d3c2aca4f295faa28dff8ca5c9c37bf49e1..42fb60d985b999d5b939609de79a5e87449e6878 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/sn9c102/sn9c102_core.c
@@ -1462,8 +1462,6 @@ static void sn9c102_release_resources(struct sn9c102_device* cam)
 	video_set_drvdata(cam->v4ldev, NULL);
 	video_unregister_device(cam->v4ldev);
 
-	usb_put_dev(cam->usbdev);
-
 	mutex_unlock(&sn9c102_sysfs_lock);
 
 	kfree(cam->control_buffer);
@@ -1555,6 +1553,7 @@ static int sn9c102_release(struct inode* inode, struct file* filp)
 
 	if (cam->state & DEV_DISCONNECTED) {
 		sn9c102_release_resources(cam);
+		usb_put_dev(cam->usbdev);
 		mutex_unlock(&cam->dev_mutex);
 		kfree(cam);
 		return 0;