diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 0b9e703641d1c0f4125fd64fb3991b68e963f465..9b5d35c4a3ec7ef896edcc99a564539a881463c2 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11670,6 +11670,8 @@ void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&pmus_lock);
 	list_del_rcu(&pmu->entry);
+	idr_remove(&pmu_idr, pmu->type);
+	mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We dereference the pmu list under both SRCU and regular RCU, so
@@ -11679,7 +11681,6 @@ void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu)
 	synchronize_rcu();
 
 	free_percpu(pmu->pmu_disable_count);
-	idr_remove(&pmu_idr, pmu->type);
 	if (pmu_bus_running && pmu->dev && pmu->dev != PMU_NULL_DEV) {
 		if (pmu->nr_addr_filters)
 			device_remove_file(pmu->dev, &dev_attr_nr_addr_filters);
@@ -11687,7 +11688,6 @@ void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu)
 		put_device(pmu->dev);
 	}
 	free_pmu_context(pmu);
-	mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_pmu_unregister);