diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c b/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
index 841a032..5e59658 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
 {
 	if (ecryptfs_dentry_to_private(dentry)) {
 		if (ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry)) {
-			mntput(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry));
 			dput(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry));
+			mntput(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry));
 		}
 		kmem_cache_free(ecryptfs_dentry_info_cache,
 				ecryptfs_dentry_to_private(dentry));