diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index de935692d40d..f1cc0587cfef 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -2190,8 +2190,8 @@ static void nfs_kill_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SB(s);
 
-	bdi_unregister(&server->backing_dev_info);
 	kill_anon_super(s);
+	bdi_unregister(&server->backing_dev_info);
 	nfs_fscache_release_super_cookie(s);
 	nfs_free_server(server);
 }