diff --git a/drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm/vmcs_sm.c b/drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm/vmcs_sm.c
index 0bfb42e40de7..b62a3b2f21b8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm/vmcs_sm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm/vmcs_sm.c
@@ -1368,8 +1368,8 @@ static int vc_sm_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return 0;
 
 error:
-	vmcs_sm_release_resource(resource, 0);
 	resource->res_stats[MAP_FAIL]++;
+	vmcs_sm_release_resource(resource, 0);
 	return ret;
 }