diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
index a7fab3830d7b..82a654fc4db8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
@@ -1021,9 +1021,9 @@ static void __exit pcd_exit(void)
 		if (!cd->present)
 			continue;
 
+		unregister_cdrom(&cd->info);
 		del_gendisk(cd->disk);
 		pi_release(cd->pi);
-		unregister_cdrom(&cd->info);
 		blk_cleanup_disk(cd->disk);
 
 		blk_mq_free_tag_set(&cd->tag_set);