diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smsusb.c b/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smsusb.c
index 0b8da57cf4c340fcd0336e5a65ee40f0b47fb8f4..0c8164a2cc36caf271c34848049290068b4ba855 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smsusb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smsusb.c
@@ -297,9 +297,8 @@ static void smsusb_term_device(struct usb_interface *intf)
 		if (dev->coredev)
 			smscore_unregister_device(dev->coredev);
 
-		kfree(dev);
-
 		sms_info("device %p destroyed", dev);
+		kfree(dev);
 	}
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);