Index: uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_mount.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_mount.c	(revision dea7616bde8d726ef14e91c4decc71ae984f4be9)
+++ uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_mount.c	(revision 45ee9ed3e3e54f372f59b8b5de319de87a3d6381)
@@ -239,4 +239,5 @@
 	    (ipcarg_t) mounted_root.dev_handle, (ipcarg_t) mounted_root.index,
 	    NULL);
+	vfs_release_phone(phone);
 
 	ipcarg_t rc1;
@@ -244,5 +245,4 @@
 	async_wait_for(req1, &rc1);
 	async_wait_for(req2, &rc2);
-	vfs_release_phone(phone);
 
 	if ((rc1 != EOK) || (rc2 != EOK)) {