diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 1a46b41dac7018..6422846b546ed2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -659,11 +659,11 @@ static void do_bio_hook(struct search *s, struct bio *orig_bio)
 static void search_free(struct closure *cl)
 {
 	struct search *s = container_of(cl, struct search, cl);
-	bio_complete(s);
 
 	if (s->iop.bio)
 		bio_put(s->iop.bio);
 
+	bio_complete(s);
 	closure_debug_destroy(cl);
 	mempool_free(s, s->d->c->search);
 }