diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c16f420c4eeb..c0d6fc43f599 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cfb6f99dd9629ec7759b78cff51d9bf7eedf105a
+refs/heads/master: 1e9f954516ee03251e0ac2e98cad2e4be6ce9958
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac802154/ieee802154_dev.c b/trunk/net/mac802154/ieee802154_dev.c
index e748aed290aa..b7c7f815deae 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac802154/ieee802154_dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac802154/ieee802154_dev.c
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ void ieee802154_free_device(struct ieee802154_dev *hw)
 
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&priv->slaves));
 
-	wpan_phy_free(priv->phy);
-
 	mutex_destroy(&priv->slaves_mtx);
+
+	wpan_phy_free(priv->phy);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee802154_free_device);