diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index c5367e2c8487..7896952de1ac 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2484,8 +2484,8 @@ static int mmc_rpmb_chrdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	struct mmc_rpmb_data *rpmb = container_of(inode->i_cdev,
 						  struct mmc_rpmb_data, chrdev);
 
-	put_device(&rpmb->dev);
 	mmc_blk_put(rpmb->md);
+	put_device(&rpmb->dev);
 
 	return 0;
 }