diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 48377f7463c0..a852b1a488f5 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -276,10 +276,8 @@ void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *s)
 	struct file_system_type *fs = s->s_type;
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&s->s_active)) {
 		cleancache_invalidate_fs(s);
-		fs->kill_sb(s);
-
-		/* caches are now gone, we can safely kill the shrinker now */
 		unregister_shrinker(&s->s_shrink);
+		fs->kill_sb(s);
 
 		put_filesystem(fs);
 		put_super(s);