--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c +++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c @@ -3503,8 +3503,6 @@ void dasd_generic_remove(struct ccw_devi struct dasd_device *device; struct dasd_block *block; - cdev->handler = NULL; - device = dasd_device_from_cdev(cdev); if (IS_ERR(device)) { dasd_remove_sysfs_files(cdev); @@ -3523,6 +3521,7 @@ void dasd_generic_remove(struct ccw_devi * no quite down yet. */ dasd_set_target_state(device, DASD_STATE_NEW); + cdev->handler = NULL; /* dasd_delete_device destroys the device reference. */ block = device->block; dasd_delete_device(device);