diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
index 458154c9b482..22b9c8e6d040 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
@@ -568,16 +568,16 @@ static int peak_usb_ndo_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
 	dev->state &= ~PCAN_USB_STATE_STARTED;
 	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 
+	close_candev(netdev);
+
+	dev->can.state = CAN_STATE_STOPPED;
+
 	/* unlink all pending urbs and free used memory */
 	peak_usb_unlink_all_urbs(dev);
 
 	if (dev->adapter->dev_stop)
 		dev->adapter->dev_stop(dev);
 
-	close_candev(netdev);
-
-	dev->can.state = CAN_STATE_STOPPED;
-
 	/* can set bus off now */
 	if (dev->adapter->dev_set_bus) {
 		int err = dev->adapter->dev_set_bus(dev, 0);