diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index a0ebc2e603949..cc5f42d2000e9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -3522,8 +3522,6 @@ void dasd_generic_remove(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 	struct dasd_device *device;
 	struct dasd_block *block;
 
-	cdev->handler = NULL;
-
 	device = dasd_device_from_cdev(cdev);
 	if (IS_ERR(device)) {
 		dasd_remove_sysfs_files(cdev);
@@ -3542,6 +3540,7 @@ void dasd_generic_remove(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 	 * no quite down yet.
 	 */
 	dasd_set_target_state(device, DASD_STATE_NEW);
+	cdev->handler = NULL;
 	/* dasd_delete_device destroys the device reference. */
 	block = device->block;
 	dasd_delete_device(device);