diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 8f0f1fb3dc5259419a1e823f522d9e5792538831..c334f5413c605ed35fa5688fc128fd6a45450e74 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -892,12 +892,12 @@ void svc_delete_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	 */
 	if (test_bit(XPT_TEMP, &xprt->xpt_flags))
 		serv->sv_tmpcnt--;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&serv->sv_lock);
 
 	while ((dr = svc_deferred_dequeue(xprt)) != NULL)
 		kfree(dr);
 
 	svc_xprt_put(xprt);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&serv->sv_lock);
 }
 
 void svc_close_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt)