diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
index 643afb31c952..2488a9a67d18 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
@@ -1688,7 +1688,9 @@ static void fastrpc_rpmsg_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	struct fastrpc_user *user;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/* No invocations past this point */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cctx->lock, flags);
+	cctx->rpdev = NULL;
 	list_for_each_entry(user, &cctx->users, user)
 		fastrpc_notify_users(user);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cctx->lock, flags);
@@ -1696,7 +1698,6 @@ static void fastrpc_rpmsg_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	misc_deregister(&cctx->miscdev);
 	of_platform_depopulate(&rpdev->dev);
 
-	cctx->rpdev = NULL;
 	fastrpc_channel_ctx_put(cctx);
 }