diff --git a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
index 52891546e6973bb62656a5ff53e86e64b8a33fcd..642f28028db792767434fec28ed2b7633147c06c 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events/events_base.c
@@ -883,8 +883,8 @@ static void shutdown_pirq(struct irq_data *data)
 		return;
 
 	do_mask(info, EVT_MASK_REASON_EXPLICIT);
-	xen_evtchn_close(evtchn);
 	xen_irq_info_cleanup(info);
+	xen_evtchn_close(evtchn);
 }
 
 static void enable_pirq(struct irq_data *data)
@@ -927,8 +927,6 @@ static void __unbind_from_irq(unsigned int irq)
 	if (VALID_EVTCHN(evtchn)) {
 		unsigned int cpu = cpu_from_irq(irq);
 
-		xen_evtchn_close(evtchn);
-
 		switch (type_from_irq(irq)) {
 		case IRQT_VIRQ:
 			per_cpu(virq_to_irq, cpu)[virq_from_irq(irq)] = -1;
@@ -941,6 +939,7 @@ static void __unbind_from_irq(unsigned int irq)
 		}
 
 		xen_irq_info_cleanup(info);
+		xen_evtchn_close(evtchn);
 	}
 
 	xen_free_irq(irq);