diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index d610e995..10be7b5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -843,6 +843,9 @@
 				 adap->dev.parent);
 #endif
 
+	/* device name is gone after device_unregister */
+	dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "adapter [%s] unregistered\n", adap->name);
+
 	/* clean up the sysfs representation */
 	init_completion(&adap->dev_released);
 	device_unregister(&adap->dev);
@@ -855,8 +858,6 @@
 	idr_remove(&i2c_adapter_idr, adap->nr);
 	mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
 
-	dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "adapter [%s] unregistered\n", adap->name);
-
 	/* Clear the device structure in case this adapter is ever going to be
 	   added again */
 	memset(&adap->dev, 0, sizeof(adap->dev));