diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 6971a12e8b9b0ff4e9d9824e4298094381468a92..a6cbf7b808e62c15a813c0bd18a78e5f45662eb3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -934,8 +934,6 @@ static void blkfront_closing(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif_io_lock, flags);
 
-	del_gendisk(info->gd);
-
 	/* No more blkif_request(). */
 	blk_stop_queue(info->rq);
 
@@ -949,6 +947,8 @@ static void blkfront_closing(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 	blk_cleanup_queue(info->rq);
 	info->rq = NULL;
 
+	del_gendisk(info->gd);
+
  out:
 	xenbus_frontend_closed(dev);
 }