diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c
index f61d094746c069bb7ac1c6db9eb77fe0820d2562..1a251f76d09b42082f2a9c5176314d256fe211b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ static struct pernet_operations nsim_fib_net_ops = {
 
 void nsim_fib_exit(void)
 {
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nsim_fib_net_ops);
 	unregister_fib_notifier(&nsim_fib_nb);
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nsim_fib_net_ops);
 }
 
 int nsim_fib_init(void)
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ int nsim_fib_init(void)
 	err = register_fib_notifier(&nsim_fib_nb, nsim_fib_dump_inconsistent);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_err("Failed to register fib notifier\n");
+		unregister_pernet_subsys(&nsim_fib_net_ops);
 		goto err_out;
 	}