diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
index 0a08b4b742a3d0..6734329cca3326 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
@@ -2720,8 +2720,8 @@ void rtrs_clt_close(struct rtrs_clt *clt)
 
 	/* Now it is safe to iterate over all paths without locks */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sess, tmp, &clt->paths_list, s.entry) {
-		rtrs_clt_destroy_sess_files(sess, NULL);
 		rtrs_clt_close_conns(sess, true);
+		rtrs_clt_destroy_sess_files(sess, NULL);
 		kobject_put(&sess->kobj);
 	}
 	free_clt(clt);