diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
index 6164b07a16442706dd5e16ffcaf31b6c82dec4ef..759b85f033315df4a608869072aeeba56bbae072 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
@@ -2771,7 +2771,6 @@ static struct rtrs_clt_sess *alloc_clt(const char *sessname, size_t paths_num,
 
 static void free_clt(struct rtrs_clt_sess *clt)
 {
-	free_permits(clt);
 	free_percpu(clt->pcpu_path);
 
 	/*
@@ -2893,6 +2892,7 @@ void rtrs_clt_close(struct rtrs_clt_sess *clt)
 		rtrs_clt_destroy_path_files(clt_path, NULL);
 		kobject_put(&clt_path->kobj);
 	}
+	free_permits(clt);
 	free_clt(clt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtrs_clt_close);