diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 360464f40e961b20d6c4607d9408c109e46b6a66..c92bcfc5466e15456949d0d7b577835b550036ab 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3215,12 +3215,12 @@ void memcg_release_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 	root = s->memcg_params->root_cache;
 	root->memcg_params->memcg_caches[id] = NULL;
-	mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
 
 	mutex_lock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
 	list_del(&s->memcg_params->list);
 	mutex_unlock(&memcg->slab_caches_mutex);
 
+	mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
 out:
 	kfree(s->memcg_params);
 }