diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_linker.c b/sys/kern/kern_linker.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_linker.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_linker.c
@@ -777,12 +777,6 @@
 	}
 	TAILQ_REMOVE(&linker_files, file, link);
 
-	if (file->deps) {
-		for (i = 0; i < file->ndeps; i++)
-			linker_file_unload(file->deps[i], flags);
-		free(file->deps, M_LINKER);
-		file->deps = NULL;
-	}
 	while ((cp = STAILQ_FIRST(&file->common)) != NULL) {
 		STAILQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&file->common, link);
 		free(cp, M_LINKER);
@@ -794,6 +788,12 @@
 		EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(kld_unload, file->filename, file->address,
 		    file->size);
 
+	if (file->deps) {
+		for (i = 0; i < file->ndeps; i++)
+			linker_file_unload(file->deps[i], flags);
+		free(file->deps, M_LINKER);
+		file->deps = NULL;
+	}
 	if (file->filename) {
 		free(file->filename, M_LINKER);
 		file->filename = NULL;