diff --git a/lib/cpu_rmap.c b/lib/cpu_rmap.c
index 73c1636b927ba823db791443f32c02341bf94295..4c348670da314bf7daaea0f6ae7050166bcd11be 100644
--- a/lib/cpu_rmap.c
+++ b/lib/cpu_rmap.c
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ static void irq_cpu_rmap_release(struct kref *ref)
 	struct irq_glue *glue =
 		container_of(ref, struct irq_glue, notify.kref);
 
-	cpu_rmap_put(glue->rmap);
 	glue->rmap->obj[glue->index] = NULL;
+	cpu_rmap_put(glue->rmap);
 	kfree(glue);
 }