diff --git a/sound/core/sgbuf.c b/sound/core/sgbuf.c
index d4564edd61d7..4e7ec2b49873 100644
--- a/sound/core/sgbuf.c
+++ b/sound/core/sgbuf.c
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ int snd_free_sgbuf_pages(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab)
 	if (! sgbuf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (dmab->area)
+		vunmap(dmab->area);
+	dmab->area = NULL;
+
 	tmpb.dev.type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV;
 	tmpb.dev.dev = sgbuf->dev;
 	for (i = 0; i < sgbuf->pages; i++) {
@@ -48,9 +52,6 @@ int snd_free_sgbuf_pages(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab)
 		tmpb.bytes = (sgbuf->table[i].addr & ~PAGE_MASK) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 		snd_dma_free_pages(&tmpb);
 	}
-	if (dmab->area)
-		vunmap(dmab->area);
-	dmab->area = NULL;
 
 	kfree(sgbuf->table);
 	kfree(sgbuf->page_table);