diff --git a/drivers/uwb/beacon.c b/drivers/uwb/beacon.c
index 0315093e221676cce2ad730561db1bffb02f2344..36bc3158006f5e21012e0d79af888ff27605c99b 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/uwb/beacon.c
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ void uwb_beca_purge(struct uwb_rc *rc)
 		expires = bce->ts_jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(beacon_timeout_ms);
 		if (time_after(jiffies, expires)) {
 			uwbd_dev_offair(bce);
-			list_del(&bce->node);
-			uwb_bce_put(bce);
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&rc->uwb_beca.mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/uwb/lc-dev.c b/drivers/uwb/lc-dev.c
index f78087b85918cb29d9cfa52a16045934a2816733..e9fe1bb7eb232ccda5f3a4a48581bc3a8b6ef752 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/lc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/uwb/lc-dev.c
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ int __uwb_dev_offair(struct uwb_dev *uwb_dev, struct uwb_rc *rc)
 		 rc ? rc->uwb_dev.dev.parent->bus->name : "n/a",
 		 rc ? dev_name(rc->uwb_dev.dev.parent) : "");
 	uwb_dev_rm(uwb_dev);
+	list_del(&uwb_dev->bce->node);
+	uwb_bce_put(uwb_dev->bce);
 	uwb_dev_put(uwb_dev);	/* for the creation in _onair() */
 
 	return 0;