diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mem.c
index 765f0e57da78272c2e0a04b3905a59144de011c8..ab79bf8cc83a4dcfb1edb90b632748c96848acfa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mem.c
@@ -846,8 +846,8 @@ nouveau_gart_manager_del(struct ttm_mem_type_manager *man,
 			 struct ttm_mem_reg *mem)
 {
 	nouveau_mem_node_cleanup(mem->mm_node);
-	mem->mm_node = NULL;
 	kfree(mem->mm_node);
+	mem->mm_node = NULL;
 }
 
 static int