diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
index 9c5891bbfe61afbd798efcad906e632b07ca38a3..f4f50b3a472e179620a776b031243ed005586838 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
@@ -1539,10 +1539,11 @@ static int greth_of_remove(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 	mdiobus_unregister(greth->mdio);
 
 	unregister_netdev(ndev);
-	free_netdev(ndev);
 
 	of_iounmap(&of_dev->resource[0], greth->regs, resource_size(&of_dev->resource[0]));
 
+	free_netdev(ndev);
+
 	return 0;
 }