diff --git a/drivers/block/skd_main.c b/drivers/block/skd_main.c
index 5dc5b39e5b85c2afab2c94481aa806d553c8dea3..6f09bca3a24ff75194b68b3375bff1fbc3d62919 100644
--- a/drivers/block/skd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/skd_main.c
@@ -5465,8 +5465,8 @@ static void __exit skd_exit(void)
 {
 	pr_info(PFX " v%s-b%s unloading\n", DRV_VERSION, DRV_BUILD_ID);
 
-	unregister_blkdev(skd_major, DRV_NAME);
 	pci_unregister_driver(&skd_driver);
+	unregister_blkdev(skd_major, DRV_NAME);
 }
 
 module_init(skd_init);