flags);
                if (led_cdev->trigger->deactivate)
                        led_cdev->trigger->deactivate(led_cdev);
+               led_cdev->trigger = NULL;
                led_set_brightness(led_cdev, LED_OFF);
        }
        if (trigger) {
                write_lock_irqsave(&trigger->leddev_list_lock, flags);
                list_add_tail(&led_cdev->trig_list, &trigger->led_cdevs);
                write_unlock_irqrestore(&trigger->leddev_list_lock, flags);
+               led_cdev->trigger = trigger;
                if (trigger->activate)
                        trigger->activate(led_cdev);
        }
-       led_cdev->trigger = trigger;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_set);