diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 407095188f83..e2f1a3f92ce9 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1551,8 +1551,8 @@ void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *sb)
 	WARN(down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount), "s_umount should've been locked");
 
 	dentry = sb->s_root;
-	sb->s_root = NULL;
 	do_one_tree(dentry);
+	sb->s_root = NULL;
 
 	while (!hlist_bl_empty(&sb->s_roots)) {
 		dentry = dget(hlist_bl_entry(hlist_bl_first(&sb->s_roots), struct dentry, d_hash));