diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/base/child.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/base/child.cc
index dcbdf2728f..05980423c5 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/base/child.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/base/child.cc
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ void Child::close_all_sessions()
 	_binary.close();
 	if (_linker.constructed())
 		_linker->close();
-	_pd.close();
 
 	/*
 	 * Remove statically created env sessions from the child's ID space.
@@ -915,6 +914,8 @@ void Child::close_all_sessions()
 
 	while (_id_space.apply_any<Session_state>(close_fn));
 
+	_pd.close();
+
 	if (!KERNEL_SUPPORTS_EAGER_CHILD_DESTRUCTION)
 		_cpu._connection.destruct();
 }