diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
index 5e6f891b9d50e9c478372b829039d4f3dfcb8a93..9d37f490cead39daed326ce2be9f2cc73c7fb680 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ void scsi_retry_requests(SCSIDevice *s)
         scsi_req_unref(req);
     }
     aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.blk));
-    /* Drop the reference that was acquired in scsi_dma_restart_cb */
-    object_unref(OBJECT(s));
 }
 
 static void scsi_dma_restart_bh(void *opaque)
@@ -178,6 +176,9 @@ static void scsi_dma_restart_bh(void *opaque)
     s->bh = NULL;
 
     scsi_retry_requests(s);
+
+    /* Drop the reference that was acquired in scsi_dma_restart_cb */
+    object_unref(OBJECT(s));
 }
 
 void scsi_req_retry(SCSIRequest *req)