diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7a58d1dfc571..6261569cbccf 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7f74549ff630ad444b0b6bbcabf426f781910906
+refs/heads/master: f161fb72104c7addac3d404a1ff543b2491c1426
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
index 81601269f4cd..14a4017a1535 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@ static int fcoe_if_destroy(struct net_device *netdev)
 	/* tear-down the FCoE controller */
 	fcoe_ctlr_destroy(&fc->ctlr);
 
+	/* Free queued packets for the per-CPU receive threads */
+	fcoe_percpu_clean(lp);
+
 	/* Cleanup the fc_lport */
 	fc_lport_destroy(lp);
 	fc_fcp_destroy(lp);
@@ -478,9 +481,6 @@ static int fcoe_if_destroy(struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (lp->emp)
 		fc_exch_mgr_free(lp->emp);
 
-	/* Free the per-CPU receive threads */
-	fcoe_percpu_clean(lp);
-
 	/* Free existing skbs */
 	fcoe_clean_pending_queue(lp);