diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mem.c
index 186f34b01f2e..8f3a12f614ed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mem.c
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ void nouveau_mem_close(struct drm_device *dev)
 	nouveau_bo_unpin(dev_priv->vga_ram);
 	nouveau_bo_ref(NULL, &dev_priv->vga_ram);
 
-	ttm_bo_clean_mm(&dev_priv->ttm.bdev, TTM_PL_VRAM);
 	ttm_bo_device_release(&dev_priv->ttm.bdev);
 
 	nouveau_ttm_global_release(dev_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
index 09b9a46dfc0e..f2d0187ba152 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ static void nouveau_card_takedown(struct drm_device *dev)
 		engine->mc.takedown(dev);
 
 		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+		ttm_bo_clean_mm(&dev_priv->ttm.bdev, TTM_PL_VRAM);
 		ttm_bo_clean_mm(&dev_priv->ttm.bdev, TTM_PL_TT);
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 		nouveau_sgdma_takedown(dev);