diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 8e2df524494c..110129097169 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -5723,9 +5723,10 @@ static int rbd_dev_header_name(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 
 static void rbd_dev_image_release(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 {
-	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
 	if (rbd_dev->opts)
 		rbd_unregister_watch(rbd_dev);
+
+	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
 	rbd_dev->image_format = 0;
 	kfree(rbd_dev->spec->image_id);
 	rbd_dev->spec->image_id = NULL;
@@ -5776,7 +5777,7 @@ static int rbd_dev_image_probe(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, int depth)
 
 	ret = rbd_dev_header_info(rbd_dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_out_watch;
+		goto err_out_probe;
 
 	/*
 	 * If this image is the one being mapped, we have pool name and
@@ -5822,12 +5823,11 @@ static int rbd_dev_image_probe(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, int depth)
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_probe:
-	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
-err_out_watch:
 	if (!depth)
 		up_write(&rbd_dev->header_rwsem);
 	if (!depth)
 		rbd_unregister_watch(rbd_dev);
+	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
 err_out_format:
 	rbd_dev->image_format = 0;
 	kfree(rbd_dev->spec->image_id);