diff --git a/virt/kvm/vfio.c b/virt/kvm/vfio.c
index 37d9118fd84be07bc119d40efe58b8edc1f2a889..6e002d0f31910dc3098cc798eff1127e268a249f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/vfio.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/vfio.c
@@ -246,21 +246,20 @@ static int kvm_vfio_set_group(struct kvm_device *dev, long attr, u64 arg)
 				continue;
 
 			list_del(&kvg->node);
+			kvm_arch_end_assignment(dev->kvm);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU
+			kvm_spapr_tce_release_vfio_group(dev->kvm,
+							 kvg->vfio_group);
+#endif
+			kvm_vfio_group_set_kvm(kvg->vfio_group, NULL);
 			kvm_vfio_group_put_external_user(kvg->vfio_group);
 			kfree(kvg);
 			ret = 0;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		kvm_arch_end_assignment(dev->kvm);
-
 		mutex_unlock(&kv->lock);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU
-		kvm_spapr_tce_release_vfio_group(dev->kvm, vfio_group);
-#endif
-		kvm_vfio_group_set_kvm(vfio_group, NULL);
-
 		kvm_vfio_group_put_external_user(vfio_group);
 
 		kvm_vfio_update_coherency(dev);