diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 80495a1ed651..6682b2ea5b11 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ void do_exit(long code)
 	exit_shm(tsk);
 	exit_files(tsk);
 	exit_fs(tsk);
+	if (group_dead)
+		disassociate_ctty(1);
 	exit_task_namespaces(tsk);
 	exit_task_work(tsk);
 	check_stack_usage();
@@ -816,13 +818,9 @@ void do_exit(long code)
 
 	cgroup_exit(tsk, 1);
 
-	if (group_dead)
-		disassociate_ctty(1);
-
 	module_put(task_thread_info(tsk)->exec_domain->module);
 
 	proc_exit_connector(tsk);
-
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: do that only when needed, using sched_exit tracepoint
 	 */