diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 0175fd7b359884a48bb5131c2295ac7649c59273..9330da26e74af86075b32a02bfdfef77d489d20b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1830,15 +1830,15 @@ static int mm_idle_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = file->private_data;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (proc_page_scan_operations.release)
+		ret = proc_page_scan_operations.release(inode, file);
+
 	if (mm) {
 		if (!mm_kvm(mm))
 			flush_tlb_mm(mm);
 		mmdrop(mm);
 	}
 
-	if (proc_page_scan_operations.release)
-		ret = proc_page_scan_operations.release(inode, file);
-
 	if (proc_page_scan_operations.owner)
 		module_put(proc_page_scan_operations.owner);