diff --git a/drivers/vfio/debugfs.c b/drivers/vfio/debugfs.c
index 8b0ca7a09064..8a2f1b0cce3f 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/debugfs.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ void vfio_device_debugfs_init(struct vfio_device *vdev)
 void vfio_device_debugfs_exit(struct vfio_device *vdev)
 {
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(vdev->debug_root);
+	vdev->debug_root = NULL;
 }
 
 void vfio_debugfs_create_root(void)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
index 5e0422014523..ed538aebb0b8 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
@@ -406,6 +406,13 @@ void vfio_unregister_group_dev(struct vfio_device *device)
 	 */
 	vfio_device_group_unregister(device);
 
+	/*
+	 * Remove debugfs before device_del(), which releases devres.  Some
+	 * debugfs entries are created with debugfs_create_devm_seqfile() and
+	 * therefore rely on devres-managed inode private data.
+	 */
+	vfio_device_debugfs_exit(device);
+
 	/*
 	 * Balances vfio_device_add() in register path, also prevents
 	 * new device opened by userspace in the cdev path.
@@ -435,7 +442,6 @@ void vfio_unregister_group_dev(struct vfio_device *device)
 		}
 	}
 
-	vfio_device_debugfs_exit(device);
 	/* Balances vfio_device_set_group in register path */
 	vfio_device_remove_group(device);
 }