diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index 0be47fed4efc5664c436c91669de5d7c13ef3411..2e17f13d57a88873c836cf38b46062366c81ea0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -635,9 +635,9 @@ nsim_pp_hold_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
                page_pool_put_full_page(ns->page->pp, ns->page, false);
                ns->page = NULL;
        }
-       rtnl_unlock();
 
 exit:
+       rtnl_unlock();
        return count;
 }