diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index e565fd4fc414..97b7266ee0ff 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1741,10 +1741,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_device_register);
  **/
 void iio_device_unregister(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&indio_dev->info_exist_lock);
-
 	cdev_device_del(&indio_dev->chrdev, &indio_dev->dev);
 
+	mutex_lock(&indio_dev->info_exist_lock);
+
 	iio_device_unregister_debugfs(indio_dev);
 
 	iio_disable_all_buffers(indio_dev);