diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 5f6f0ad0b1083e708a5b6871ab75d78f26a1f771..961cc4e6d801a03b17a433bc5a8bb0b5c296cfe1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6278,11 +6278,11 @@ static void mddev_detach(struct mddev *mddev)
 static void __md_stop(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	struct md_personality *pers = mddev->pers;
-	md_bitmap_destroy(mddev);
 	mddev_detach(mddev);
 	/* Ensure ->event_work is done */
 	if (mddev->event_work.func)
 		flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
+	md_bitmap_destroy(mddev);
 	spin_lock(&mddev->lock);
 	mddev->pers = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&mddev->lock);