diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 2cac83eba869..096b6d14f40d 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -10711,12 +10711,6 @@ static void io_flush_apoll_cache(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 static __cold void io_ring_ctx_free(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	io_sq_thread_finish(ctx);
-
-	if (ctx->mm_account) {
-		mmdrop(ctx->mm_account);
-		ctx->mm_account = NULL;
-	}
-
 	io_rsrc_refs_drop(ctx);
 	/* __io_rsrc_put_work() may need uring_lock to progress, wait w/o it */
 	io_wait_rsrc_data(ctx->buf_data);
@@ -10755,6 +10749,10 @@ static __cold void io_ring_ctx_free(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 #endif
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&ctx->ltimeout_list));
 
+	if (ctx->mm_account) {
+		mmdrop(ctx->mm_account);
+		ctx->mm_account = NULL;
+	}
 	io_mem_free(ctx->rings);
 	io_mem_free(ctx->sq_sqes);