diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_enc_drv.c b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_enc_drv.c
index b576f44ce505..fa7b495c778b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_enc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_enc_drv.c
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ static int fops_vcodec_release(struct file *file)
 	mtk_v4l2_debug(1, "[%d] encoder", ctx->id);
 	mutex_lock(&dev->dev_mutex);
 
+	v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(ctx->m2m_ctx);
 	mtk_vcodec_enc_release(ctx);
 	v4l2_fh_del(&ctx->fh);
 	v4l2_fh_exit(&ctx->fh);
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&ctx->ctrl_hdl);
-	v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(ctx->m2m_ctx);
 
 	list_del_init(&ctx->list);
 	kfree(ctx);