diff --git a/net/ipv6/reassembly.c b/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
index 4855de6f673a4753526679ca29dcdaebecb5777f..f0071b113a92fcff15ac57610170c12b17cb59ba 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/reassembly.c
@@ -742,10 +742,21 @@ int __init ipv6_frag_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = inet6_add_protocol(&frag_protocol, IPPROTO_FRAGMENT);
+	ip6_frags.hashfn = ip6_hashfn;
+	ip6_frags.constructor = ip6_frag_init;
+	ip6_frags.destructor = NULL;
+	ip6_frags.qsize = sizeof(struct frag_queue);
+	ip6_frags.match = ip6_frag_match;
+	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;
@@ -754,16 +765,6 @@ int __init ipv6_frag_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_pernet;
 
-	ip6_frags.hashfn = ip6_hashfn;
-	ip6_frags.constructor = ip6_frag_init;
-	ip6_frags.destructor = NULL;
-	ip6_frags.qsize = sizeof(struct frag_queue);
-	ip6_frags.match = ip6_frag_match;
-	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 err_pernet;
 out:
 	return ret;
 
@@ -771,6 +772,8 @@ int __init ipv6_frag_init(void)
 	ip6_frags_sysctl_unregister();
 err_sysctl:
 	inet6_del_protocol(&frag_protocol, IPPROTO_FRAGMENT);
+err_protocol:
+	inet_frags_fini(&ip6_frags);
 	goto out;
 }