diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 89d5e3fe9700e0bdac8963160ff0e8666949c2c4..e0576c3fdb5095b09dcd1f829eceb28a6900703f 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1145,12 +1145,12 @@ static int perf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	mutex_lock(&counter->mutex);
 
 	perf_counter_remove_from_context(counter);
-	put_context(ctx);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&counter->mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	kfree(counter);
+	put_context(ctx);
 
 	return 0;
 }