diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
index 64990df819375342459fd09a5985c942eba66f6f..cb1731a4483d6301ac5ca794583e4fa95aaf3418 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
@@ -2784,8 +2784,8 @@ int rtrs_clt_remove_path_from_sysfs(struct rtrs_clt_sess *sess,
 	} while (!changed && old_state != RTRS_CLT_DEAD);
 
 	if (likely(changed)) {
-		rtrs_clt_destroy_sess_files(sess, sysfs_self);
 		rtrs_clt_remove_path_from_arr(sess);
+		rtrs_clt_destroy_sess_files(sess, sysfs_self);
 		kobject_put(&sess->kobj);
 	}