diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
index f00fc2f9ebde..77417dd0f752 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
@@ -1544,8 +1544,8 @@ static void __nsim_dev_port_del(struct nsim_dev_port *nsim_dev_port)
 	list_del(&nsim_dev_port->list);
 	if (nsim_dev_port_is_vf(nsim_dev_port))
 		devl_rate_leaf_destroy(&nsim_dev_port->devlink_port);
-	nsim_destroy(nsim_dev_port->ns);
 	nsim_dev_port_debugfs_exit(nsim_dev_port);
+	nsim_destroy(nsim_dev_port->ns);
 	if (nsim_dev_port_is_pf(nsim_dev_port))
 		devl_port_resources_unregister(devlink_port);
 	devl_port_unregister(devlink_port);