diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index dad9e403d59de3ac4732f625d4c672f74647e925..745ca1f67b14a93db8e7c2802746d7963641aa7e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -849,14 +849,16 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(unsigned int minor, int persistent)
 
 static void free_dev(struct mapped_device *md)
 {
+	unsigned int minor = md->disk->first_minor;
+
 	if (md->suspended_bdev) {
 		thaw_bdev(md->suspended_bdev, NULL);
 		bdput(md->suspended_bdev);
 	}
-	free_minor(md->disk->first_minor);
 	mempool_destroy(md->tio_pool);
 	mempool_destroy(md->io_pool);
 	del_gendisk(md->disk);
+	free_minor(minor);
 	put_disk(md->disk);
 	blk_put_queue(md->queue);
 	kfree(md);