diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
index d2e9df60e9ba..b9ce71848023 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
@@ -2549,13 +2549,14 @@ static void _rtl92e_pci_disconnect(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
 			priv->irq = 0;
 		}
-		free_rtllib(dev);
 
 		if (dev->mem_start != 0) {
 			iounmap((void __iomem *)dev->mem_start);
 			release_mem_region(pci_resource_start(pdev, 1),
 					pci_resource_len(pdev, 1));
 		}
+
+		free_rtllib(dev);
 	}
 
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);