diff --git a/net/ipv6/reassembly.c b/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
index 4855de6f673a..f0071b113a92 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
@@ -742,18 +742,6 @@ int __init ipv6_frag_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = inet6_add_protocol(&frag_protocol, IPPROTO_FRAGMENT);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
-	ret = ip6_frags_sysctl_register();
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_sysctl;
-
-	ret = register_pernet_subsys(&ip6_frags_ops);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_pernet;
-
 	ip6_frags.hashfn = ip6_hashfn;
 	ip6_frags.constructor = ip6_frag_init;
 	ip6_frags.destructor = NULL;
@@ -762,8 +750,21 @@ int __init ipv6_frag_init(void)
 	ip6_frags.frag_expire = ip6_frag_expire;
 	ip6_frags.frags_cache_name = ip6_frag_cache_name;
 	ret = inet_frags_init(&ip6_frags);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = inet6_add_protocol(&frag_protocol, IPPROTO_FRAGMENT);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_protocol;
+
+	ret = ip6_frags_sysctl_register();
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_sysctl;
+
+	ret = register_pernet_subsys(&ip6_frags_ops);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_pernet;
+
 out:
 	return ret;
 
@@ -771,6 +772,8 @@ err_pernet:
 	ip6_frags_sysctl_unregister();
 err_sysctl:
 	inet6_del_protocol(&frag_protocol, IPPROTO_FRAGMENT);
+err_protocol:
+	inet_frags_fini(&ip6_frags);
 	goto out;
 }