diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 8b3830b601ba..0eaf2c4a6989 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ static void sc_kref_release(struct kref *kref)
 
 	sclog(sc, "releasing\n");
 
+	/* Unlink before freeing anything the debugfs readers dereference. */
+	o2net_debug_del_sc(sc);
+
 	if (sc->sc_sock) {
 		sock_release(sc->sc_sock);
 		sc->sc_sock = NULL;
@@ -402,8 +405,6 @@ static void sc_kref_release(struct kref *kref)
 	o2nm_node_put(sc->sc_node);
 	sc->sc_node = NULL;
 
-	o2net_debug_del_sc(sc);
-
 	if (sc->sc_page)
 		__free_page(sc->sc_page);
 	kfree(sc);