diff --git a/drivers/pci/remove.c b/drivers/pci/remove.c
index 1576851028db700be2413b01e815cc8387b3cd47..cc9337a71529180eaebc7beb991dfb7c9e186ea8 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/remove.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/remove.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static void pci_stop_dev(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	if (dev->is_added) {
 		pci_proc_detach_device(dev);
 		pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(dev);
-		device_del(&dev->dev);
+		device_release_driver(&dev->dev);
 		dev->is_added = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static void pci_stop_dev(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 static void pci_destroy_dev(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
+	device_del(&dev->dev);
+
 	down_write(&pci_bus_sem);
 	list_del(&dev->bus_list);
 	up_write(&pci_bus_sem);