diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index f4e3d35..449522f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -1034,12 +1034,12 @@
 	struct ide_disk_obj *idkp = drive->driver_data;
 	struct gendisk *g = idkp->disk;
 
-	ide_cacheflush_p(drive);
-
 	ide_unregister_subdriver(drive, idkp->driver);
 
 	del_gendisk(g);
 
+	ide_cacheflush_p(drive);
+
 	ide_disk_put(idkp);
 
 	return 0;