diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index ff2377e6d12c..7aec8bc5df6e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -6898,9 +6898,10 @@ static void rbd_print_dne(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, bool is_snap)
 
 static void rbd_dev_image_release(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 {
-	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
 	if (rbd_dev->opts)
 		rbd_unregister_watch(rbd_dev);
+
+	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
 	rbd_dev->image_format = 0;
 	kfree(rbd_dev->spec->image_id);
 	rbd_dev->spec->image_id = NULL;
@@ -6950,7 +6951,7 @@ static int rbd_dev_image_probe(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, int depth)
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret == -ENOENT && !need_watch)
 			rbd_print_dne(rbd_dev, false);
-		goto err_out_watch;
+		goto err_out_probe;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -6995,12 +6996,11 @@ static int rbd_dev_image_probe(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, int depth)
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_probe:
-	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
-err_out_watch:
 	if (!depth)
 		up_write(&rbd_dev->header_rwsem);
 	if (need_watch)
 		rbd_unregister_watch(rbd_dev);
+	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
 err_out_format:
 	rbd_dev->image_format = 0;
 	kfree(rbd_dev->spec->image_id);