diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index 9dc935886e9f3..c6ded3fdd715c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -758,7 +758,6 @@ static void qeth_l2_br2dev_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct list_head *iter;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	kfree(br2dev_event_work);
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT_(card, 4, "b2dw%04lx", event);
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT_(card, 4, "ma%012llx", ether_addr_to_u64(addr));
 
@@ -815,6 +814,7 @@ static void qeth_l2_br2dev_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	dev_put(brdev);
 	dev_put(lsyncdev);
 	dev_put(dstdev);
+	kfree(br2dev_event_work);
 }
 
 static int qeth_l2_br2dev_queue_work(struct net_device *brdev,