diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c
index 447497e9124c..d25cc4037e23 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ static int dw_spi_mmio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct dw_spi_mmio *dwsmmio = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	clk_disable_unprepare(dwsmmio->clk);
 	dw_spi_remove_host(&dwsmmio->dws);
+	clk_disable_unprepare(dwsmmio->clk);
 
 	return 0;
 }