diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
index 1f76320e545b..e2785479113c 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
@@ -458,12 +458,12 @@ static int __devexit spear_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	clk_disable(config->clk);
 	clk_put(config->clk);
 	iounmap(config->ioaddr);
-	kfree(config);
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (res)
 		release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	rtc_device_unregister(config->rtc);
+	kfree(config);
 
 	return 0;
 }