diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
index 3697edafd6d2..dddcdae736ac 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
@@ -1905,19 +1905,19 @@ static void __exit infinipath_cleanup(void)
 			} else
 				ipath_dbg("irq is 0, not doing free_irq "
 					  "for unit %u\n", dd->ipath_unit);
+
+			/*
+			 * we check for NULL here, because it's outside
+			 * the kregbase check, and we need to call it
+			 * after the free_irq.  Thus it's possible that
+			 * the function pointers were never initialized.
+			 */
+			if (dd->ipath_f_cleanup)
+				/* clean up chip-specific stuff */
+				dd->ipath_f_cleanup(dd);
+
 			dd->pcidev = NULL;
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * we check for NULL here, because it's outside the kregbase
-		 * check, and we need to call it after the free_irq.  Thus
-		 * it's possible that the function pointers were never
-		 * initialized.
-		 */
-		if (dd->ipath_f_cleanup)
-			/* clean up chip-specific stuff */
-			dd->ipath_f_cleanup(dd);
-
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);
 	}