diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
index 57b82e5d0ab1..d16c12351adb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
@@ -1342,9 +1342,9 @@ static int dp_display_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct dp_display_private *dp = dev_get_dp_display_private(&pdev->dev);
 
+	component_del(&pdev->dev, &dp_display_comp_ops);
 	dp_display_deinit_sub_modules(dp);
 
-	component_del(&pdev->dev, &dp_display_comp_ops);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 
 	return 0;