diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_sdio.c
index f2f04663627c2b43fb80b42c249748e4721ed30d..4c250d7dc3fa436d53d9c73362622d188f4d965d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_sdio.c
@@ -274,9 +274,8 @@ static void __devexit wl1271_remove(struct sdio_func *func)
 {
 	struct wl1271 *wl = sdio_get_drvdata(func);
 
-	free_irq(wl->irq, wl);
-
 	wl1271_unregister_hw(wl);
+	free_irq(wl->irq, wl);
 	wl1271_free_hw(wl);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
index ced0a9e2c7e14c02faa5d89b917222b2d89bf573..75cbf36146e2daafe421aa59da008f2276869c7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
@@ -416,9 +416,8 @@ static int __devexit wl1271_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct wl1271 *wl = dev_get_drvdata(&spi->dev);
 
-	free_irq(wl->irq, wl);
-
 	wl1271_unregister_hw(wl);
+	free_irq(wl->irq, wl);
 	wl1271_free_hw(wl);
 
 	return 0;