diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index b64ca977825df32111b9dbfcc1c0b13d21f7c317..71d53bb239e25d2eb30b91b7b80d45d70d8dbcd2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4874,8 +4874,8 @@ static int ibmvfc_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
 	ibmvfc_purge_requests(vhost, DID_ERROR);
-	ibmvfc_free_event_pool(vhost);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
+	ibmvfc_free_event_pool(vhost);
 
 	ibmvfc_free_mem(vhost);
 	spin_lock(&ibmvfc_driver_lock);