diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
index 18f1c60749fe..9a09df2ba847 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ void regmap_debugfs_exit(struct regmap *map)
 {
 	if (map->debugfs) {
 		debugfs_remove_recursive(map->debugfs);
+		map->debugfs = NULL;
 		mutex_lock(&map->cache_lock);
 		regmap_debugfs_free_dump_cache(map);
 		mutex_unlock(&map->cache_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index e6e022b02637..8e50a05ff087 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -1422,8 +1422,8 @@ int regmap_reinit_cache(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	regcache_exit(map);
 	regmap_debugfs_exit(map);
+	regcache_exit(map);
 
 	map->max_register = config->max_register;
 	map->max_register_is_set = map->max_register ?: config->max_register_is_0;
@@ -1440,12 +1440,16 @@ int regmap_reinit_cache(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	regmap_debugfs_init(map);
-
 	map->cache_bypass = false;
 	map->cache_only = false;
 
-	return regcache_init(map, config);
+	ret = regcache_init(map, config);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	regmap_debugfs_init(map);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regmap_reinit_cache);
 
@@ -1459,9 +1463,8 @@ void regmap_exit(struct regmap *map)
 	struct regmap_async *async;
 
 	regmap_detach_dev(map->dev, map);
-	regcache_exit(map);
-
 	regmap_debugfs_exit(map);
+	regcache_exit(map);
 	regmap_range_exit(map);
 	if (map->bus && map->bus->free_context)
 		map->bus->free_context(map->bus_context);