diff --git a/sys/dev/hptmv/entry.c b/sys/dev/hptmv/entry.c
index 248d6558579e..cdc3e181f887 100644
--- a/sys/dev/hptmv/entry.c
+++ b/sys/dev/hptmv/entry.c
@@ -2605,9 +2605,11 @@ launch_worker_thread(void)
 	 * hpt_worker_thread needs to be suspended after shutdown sync, when fs sync finished.
 	 */
 #if (__FreeBSD_version < 500043)
-	EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(shutdown_post_sync, shutdown_kproc, hptdaemonproc, SHUTDOWN_PRI_FIRST);
+	EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(shutdown_post_sync, shutdown_kproc, hptdaemonproc,
+	    SHUTDOWN_PRI_LAST);
 #else 
-	EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(shutdown_post_sync, kproc_shutdown, hptdaemonproc, SHUTDOWN_PRI_FIRST);
+	EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(shutdown_post_sync, kproc_shutdown, hptdaemonproc,
+	    SHUTDOWN_PRI_LAST);
 #endif
 }
 /*
diff --git a/sys/dev/mpt/mpt_pci.c b/sys/dev/mpt/mpt_pci.c
index f1fb018a660e..d6a1d383ea7b 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mpt/mpt_pci.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mpt/mpt_pci.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ mpt_pci_attach(device_t dev)
 	}
 
 	mpt->eh = EVENTHANDLER_REGISTER(shutdown_post_sync, mpt_pci_shutdown,
-	    dev, SHUTDOWN_PRI_DEFAULT);
+	    dev, SHUTDOWN_PRI_LAST);
 
 	if (mpt->eh == NULL) {
 		mpt_prt(mpt, "shutdown event registration failed\n");