diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index cf39cf9aac25..e29b8926f80e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3268,8 +3268,8 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	unregister_blkdev(hba[i]->major, hba[i]->devname);
 clean1:
 	release_io_mem(hba[i]);
-	free_hba(i);
 	hba[i]->busy_initializing = 0;
+	free_hba(i);
 	return(-1);
 }