diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
index 1e8659ca27ef4228d55e97ec5cbafc99d861b22a..809b0de59c0982cc30bca6d0b06b6229a5403c65 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_virtio_device);
 
 void unregister_virtio_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
 {
+	int index = dev->index; /* save for after device release */
+
 	device_unregister(&dev->dev);
-	ida_simple_remove(&virtio_index_ida, dev->index);
+	ida_simple_remove(&virtio_index_ida, index);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_virtio_device);