diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index bc583fe..8f91062 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("open_count = %d\n", dev->open_count);
 
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	list_del(&file_priv->lhead);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
 	if (dev->driver->preclose)
 		dev->driver->preclose(dev, file_priv);
 
@@ -518,10 +522,6 @@
 	file_priv->is_master = 0;
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->master_mutex);
 
-	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	list_del(&file_priv->lhead);
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
 	if (dev->driver->postclose)
 		dev->driver->postclose(dev, file_priv);