diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 748ac489ef7e..8b108e9b31cc 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -4256,6 +4256,8 @@ retry:
 		case BINDER_WORK_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE: {
 			binder_inner_proc_unlock(proc);
 			cmd = BR_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE;
+			kfree(w);
+			binder_stats_deleted(BINDER_STAT_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE);
 			if (put_user(cmd, (uint32_t __user *)ptr))
 				return -EFAULT;
 			ptr += sizeof(uint32_t);
@@ -4264,8 +4266,6 @@ retry:
 			binder_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE,
 				     "%d:%d BR_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE\n",
 				     proc->pid, thread->pid);
-			kfree(w);
-			binder_stats_deleted(BINDER_STAT_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE);
 		} break;
 		case BINDER_WORK_NODE: {
 			struct binder_node *node = container_of(w, struct binder_node, work);