diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index fc9947d6210c20..76b6b323bf4bd5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -960,9 +960,9 @@ int dm_pool_metadata_close(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 			DMWARN("%s: __commit_transaction() failed, error = %d",
 			       __func__, r);
 	}
+	pmd_write_unlock(pmd);
 	if (!pmd->fail_io)
 		__destroy_persistent_data_objects(pmd);
-	pmd_write_unlock(pmd);
 
 	kfree(pmd);
 	return 0;