diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index cdfbf27b2b3c..123de28f94ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -507,12 +507,12 @@ int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	drm_events_release(file_priv);
 
-	if (dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM)
-		drm_gem_release(dev, file_priv);
-
 	if (dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_MODESET)
 		drm_fb_release(file_priv);
 
+	if (dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM)
+		drm_gem_release(dev, file_priv);
+
 	mutex_lock(&dev->ctxlist_mutex);
 	if (!list_empty(&dev->ctxlist)) {
 		struct drm_ctx_list *pos, *n;