diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 055f3df0b4d0192c4d890341451de70c1f4f5fc8..1f8b111c5dab788ce32e27f165d5330b0e3fb721 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -884,8 +884,8 @@ static int __init init(void)
 
 static void __exit fini(void)
 {
-	unregister_blkdev(major, "virtblk");
 	unregister_virtio_driver(&virtio_blk);
+	unregister_blkdev(major, "virtblk");
 	destroy_workqueue(virtblk_wq);
 }
 module_init(init);