diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index c6a27d54ad620b5ea25ae674d6b9a358b0f312fa..ce848ac1e9a660cfd0a1ba550ee7ebb32cdab1b9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -871,8 +871,8 @@ static int __init init(void)
 
 static void __exit fini(void)
 {
-	unregister_blkdev(major, "virtblk");
 	unregister_virtio_driver(&virtio_blk);
+	unregister_blkdev(major, "virtblk");
 	destroy_workqueue(virtblk_wq);
 }
 module_init(init);