diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vmm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vmm.c
index 9e2628dd8e4d6734c2d7c5d073012bbb95b4fa4c..f5371d96b003c23cac9e1f34cf3deca3b54b06a6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vmm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vmm.c
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ nouveau_vma_del(struct nouveau_vma **pvma)
 			nvif_vmm_put(&vma->vmm->vmm, &tmp);
 		}
 		list_del(&vma->head);
-		*pvma = NULL;
 		kfree(*pvma);
+		*pvma = NULL;
 	}
 }