diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index 6f808402bb217141164fe24d0c64aae3d2427925..8879f7923ef523841139d13c5aa6496509efddf3 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ static int tipc_enable_bearer(struct net *net, const char *name,
 	b->domain = disc_domain;
 	b->net_plane = bearer_id + 'A';
 	b->priority = prio;
-	test_and_set_bit_lock(0, &b->up);
 
 	res = tipc_disc_create(net, b, &b->bcast_addr, &skb);
 	if (res) {
@@ -321,15 +320,18 @@ static int tipc_enable_bearer(struct net *net, const char *name,
 		goto rejected;
 	}
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(tn->bearer_list[bearer_id], b);
-	if (skb)
-		tipc_bearer_xmit_skb(net, bearer_id, skb, &b->bcast_addr);
-
+	/* Create monitoring data before accepting activate messages */
 	if (tipc_mon_create(net, bearer_id)) {
 		bearer_disable(net, b);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	test_and_set_bit_lock(0, &b->up);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(tn->bearer_list[bearer_id], b);
+	if (skb)
+		tipc_bearer_xmit_skb(net, bearer_id, skb, &b->bcast_addr);
+
 	pr_info("Enabled bearer <%s>, priority %u\n", name, prio);
 
 	return res;