diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
index ad52abc46c04..3f8d093aacf8 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
@@ -734,10 +734,10 @@ void vfio_pci_core_close_device(struct vfio_device *core_vdev)
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EEH)
 	eeh_dev_release(vdev->pdev);
 #endif
-	vfio_pci_core_disable(vdev);
-
 	vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup(vdev);
 
+	vfio_pci_core_disable(vdev);
+
 	mutex_lock(&vdev->igate);
 	vfio_pci_eventfd_replace_locked(vdev, &vdev->err_trigger, NULL);
 	vfio_pci_eventfd_replace_locked(vdev, &vdev->req_trigger, NULL);