diff --git a/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
index ce277f16ea12..cc9966ff6cdf 100644
--- a/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
+++ b/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
@@ -3084,10 +3084,6 @@ static void rmdir_all_sub(void)
 		if (rdtgrp == &rdtgroup_default)
 			continue;
 
-		if (rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKSETUP ||
-		    rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKED)
-			rdtgroup_pseudo_lock_remove(rdtgrp);
-
 		/*
 		 * Give any CPUs back to the default group. We cannot copy
 		 * cpu_online_mask because a CPU might have executed the
@@ -3098,7 +3094,13 @@ static void rmdir_all_sub(void)
 
 		rdtgroup_unassign_cntrs(rdtgrp);
 
-		free_rmid(rdtgrp->closid, rdtgrp->mon.rmid);
+		if (rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKSETUP ||
+		    rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKED) {
+			rdtgroup_pseudo_lock_remove(rdtgrp);
+		} else {
+			/* Pseudo-locked group's RMID is freed during setup. */
+			free_rmid(rdtgrp->closid, rdtgrp->mon.rmid);
+		}
 
 		kernfs_remove(rdtgrp->kn);
 		list_del(&rdtgrp->rdtgroup_list);