diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 2640b72c69c1f739ab4abe43aa284615b32c5593..b5e23be4109891e722599e8e0f18d7f4f06f8ce1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -8591,11 +8591,6 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 		nf_tables_abort_release(trans);
 	}
 
-	if (action == NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD)
-		nf_tables_module_autoload(net);
-	else
-		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -8610,6 +8605,14 @@ static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct nftables_pernet *nft_net = net_generic(net, nf_tables_net_id);
 	int ret = __nf_tables_abort(net, action);
 
+	/* module autoload needs to happen after GC sequence update because it
+	 * temporarily releases and grabs mutex again.
+	 */
+	if (action == NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD)
+		nf_tables_module_autoload(net);
+	else
+		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
 
 	return ret;