diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
index f81aa4b18d9f4dd76ec0be63f46865d3b04f89c6..0e18adb51e4ee152f16fca86ebdcbc41509b3d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -2273,9 +2273,8 @@ module_init(ntb_transport_init);
 
 static void __exit ntb_transport_exit(void)
 {
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(nt_debugfs_dir);
-
 	ntb_unregister_client(&ntb_transport_client);
 	bus_unregister(&ntb_transport_bus);
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(nt_debugfs_dir);
 }
 module_exit(ntb_transport_exit);