diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
index 67eb2be0db87be99464c2b1db58ce2a66433fb28..9a5035cac1294764bf781754ae1dacea155534a2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
@@ -1622,9 +1622,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(denali_init);
 /* driver exit point */
 void denali_remove(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Pre-compute DMA buffer size to avoid any problems in case
+	 * nand_release() ever changes in a way that mtd->writesize and
+	 * mtd->oobsize are not reliable after this call.
+	 */
+	int bufsize = denali->mtd.writesize + denali->mtd.oobsize;
+
+	nand_release(&denali->mtd);
 	denali_irq_cleanup(denali->irq, denali);
-	dma_unmap_single(denali->dev, denali->buf.dma_buf,
-			 denali->mtd.writesize + denali->mtd.oobsize,
+	dma_unmap_single(denali->dev, denali->buf.dma_buf, bufsize,
 			 DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(denali_remove);