diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
index f612d1dc7baf..76973e8ca4ba 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
@@ -8122,8 +8122,8 @@ _scsih_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
  out_thread_fail:
 	list_del(&ioc->list);
 	scsi_remove_host(shost);
-	scsi_host_put(shost);
  out_add_shost_fail:
+	scsi_host_put(shost);
 	return -ENODEV;
 }