diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index e9d0953522f09..eadc0ede928c3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -1510,6 +1510,6 @@ int register_rpc_pipefs(void)
 void unregister_rpc_pipefs(void)
 {
 	rpc_clients_notifier_unregister();
-	kmem_cache_destroy(rpc_inode_cachep);
 	unregister_filesystem(&rpc_pipe_fs_type);
+	kmem_cache_destroy(rpc_inode_cachep);
 }