diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
index e31beeb33b2b..e8f0dead267f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
@@ -587,10 +587,10 @@ int __init nf_conntrack_expect_init(void)
 	return 0;
 
 err3:
+	kmem_cache_destroy(nf_ct_expect_cachep);
+err2:
 	nf_ct_free_hashtable(nf_ct_expect_hash, nf_ct_expect_vmalloc,
 			     nf_ct_expect_hsize);
-err2:
-	kmem_cache_destroy(nf_ct_expect_cachep);
 err1:
 	return err;
 }