diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
index 4a086724db8c4bef940153c59743fbae3e2832d0..29f3e3463f400b4a0a0f7341f3ac473a411e2ee9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
@@ -498,11 +498,9 @@ static inline int kvmppc_e500_shadow_map(struct kvmppc_vcpu_e500 *vcpu_e500,
 	kvmppc_mmu_flush_icache(pfn);
 
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-
 	/* Drop refcount on page, so that mmu notifiers can clear it */
 	kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
-
+	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	return ret;
 }