diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
index bf0560035573e4c5d52194a6ac372126e257bec8..7e950980ba7374b01b61a99335d6587b25f8ca48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
@@ -1374,26 +1374,26 @@ static int __init gtp_init(void)
 
 	get_random_bytes(&gtp_h_initval, sizeof(gtp_h_initval));
 
-	err = rtnl_link_register(&gtp_link_ops);
+	err = register_pernet_subsys(&gtp_net_ops);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto error_out;
 
-	err = register_pernet_subsys(&gtp_net_ops);
+	err = rtnl_link_register(&gtp_link_ops);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto unreg_rtnl_link;
+		goto unreg_pernet_subsys;
 
 	err = genl_register_family(&gtp_genl_family);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto unreg_pernet_subsys;
+		goto unreg_rtnl_link;
 
 	pr_info("GTP module loaded (pdp ctx size %zd bytes)\n",
 		sizeof(struct pdp_ctx));
 	return 0;
 
-unreg_pernet_subsys:
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&gtp_net_ops);
 unreg_rtnl_link:
 	rtnl_link_unregister(&gtp_link_ops);
+unreg_pernet_subsys:
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&gtp_net_ops);
 error_out:
 	pr_err("error loading GTP module loaded\n");
 	return err;