diff --git a/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c b/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
index 3d5a336d0..9d7bdd6be 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
@@ -1034,10 +1034,12 @@ static void client_node_destroy(void *_data)
 
 	pw_log_debug("%p: destroy", data);
 
-	clean_node(data);
-
 	spa_hook_remove(&data->node_listener);
 
+	pw_impl_node_set_state(data->node, PW_NODE_STATE_SUSPENDED);
+
+	clean_node(data);
+
 	data->client_node = NULL;
 
 	if (data->proxy)