diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 0cb049f5cc56..a328b5f284de 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1708,11 +1708,6 @@ static int sg_finish_rem_req(Sg_request * srp)
 	Sg_scatter_hold *req_schp = &srp->data;
 
 	SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(4, printk("sg_finish_rem_req: res_used=%d\n", (int) srp->res_used));
-	if (srp->res_used)
-		sg_unlink_reserve(sfp, srp);
-	else
-		sg_remove_scat(req_schp);
-
 	if (srp->rq) {
 		if (srp->bio)
 			ret = blk_rq_unmap_user(srp->bio);
@@ -1720,6 +1715,11 @@ static int sg_finish_rem_req(Sg_request * srp)
 		blk_put_request(srp->rq);
 	}
 
+	if (srp->res_used)
+		sg_unlink_reserve(sfp, srp);
+	else
+		sg_remove_scat(req_schp);
+
 	sg_remove_request(sfp, srp);
 
 	return ret;