diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
index 08ddf9d837ae..4625d8415fb2 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ static void tls_sk_proto_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	long timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, 0);
 	bool free_ctx;
 
+	ctx->sk_proto->close(sk, timeout);
 	if (ctx->tx_conf == TLS_SW)
 		tls_sw_cancel_work_tx(ctx);
 
@@ -328,7 +329,6 @@ static void tls_sk_proto_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 		tls_sw_strparser_done(ctx);
 	if (ctx->rx_conf == TLS_SW)
 		tls_sw_free_ctx_rx(ctx);
-	ctx->sk_proto->close(sk, timeout);
 
 	if (free_ctx)
 		tls_ctx_free(sk, ctx);