diff --git a/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/storage/RemoteLogManager.java b/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/storage/RemoteLogManager.java
index 47b5417e25a..a9b2c67ba79 100644
--- a/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/storage/RemoteLogManager.java
+++ b/storage/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/storage/RemoteLogManager.java
@@ -2038,9 +2038,6 @@ public class RemoteLogManager implements Closeable, AsyncOffsetReader {
                 leaderCopyRLMTasks.values().forEach(RLMTaskWithFuture::cancel);
                 leaderExpirationRLMTasks.values().forEach(RLMTaskWithFuture::cancel);
                 followerRLMTasks.values().forEach(RLMTaskWithFuture::cancel);
-                Utils.closeQuietly(remoteStorageManagerPlugin, "remoteStorageManagerPlugin");
-                Utils.closeQuietly(remoteLogMetadataManagerPlugin, "remoteLogMetadataManagerPlugin");
-                Utils.closeQuietly(indexCache, "RemoteIndexCache");
 
                 rlmCopyThreadPool.close();
                 rlmExpirationThreadPool.close();
@@ -2050,10 +2047,13 @@ public class RemoteLogManager implements Closeable, AsyncOffsetReader {
                 } finally {
                     removeMetrics();
                 }
-
                 leaderCopyRLMTasks.clear();
                 leaderExpirationRLMTasks.clear();
                 followerRLMTasks.clear();
+
+                Utils.closeQuietly(indexCache, "RemoteIndexCache");
+                Utils.closeQuietly(remoteLogMetadataManagerPlugin, "remoteLogMetadataManagerPlugin");
+                Utils.closeQuietly(remoteStorageManagerPlugin, "remoteStorageManagerPlugin");
                 closed = true;
             }
         }
diff --git a/storage/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/storage/RemoteLogManagerTest.java b/storage/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/storage/RemoteLogManagerTest.java
index 5201511e75d..b45b1118f5c 100644
--- a/storage/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/storage/RemoteLogManagerTest.java
+++ b/storage/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/server/log/remote/storage/RemoteLogManagerTest.java
@@ -1769,9 +1769,9 @@ public class RemoteLogManagerTest {
     void testIdempotentClose() throws IOException {
         remoteLogManager.close();
         remoteLogManager.close();
-        InOrder inorder = inOrder(remoteStorageManager, remoteLogMetadataManager);
-        inorder.verify(remoteStorageManager, times(1)).close();
+        InOrder inorder = inOrder(remoteLogMetadataManager, remoteStorageManager);
         inorder.verify(remoteLogMetadataManager, times(1)).close();
+        inorder.verify(remoteStorageManager, times(1)).close();
     }
 
     @Test