diff --git a/net/ipv6/proc.c b/net/ipv6/proc.c
index da2e92d05c15a5052ea2cc19ba9bfc5751c23cf6..745a32042950127f3509781b6247b6434743d1d7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/proc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/proc.c
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ static int __net_init ipv6_proc_init_net(struct net *net)
 		goto proc_dev_snmp6_fail;
 	return 0;
 
+proc_dev_snmp6_fail:
+	proc_net_remove(net, "snmp6");
 proc_snmp6_fail:
 	proc_net_remove(net, "sockstat6");
-proc_dev_snmp6_fail:
-	proc_net_remove(net, "dev_snmp6");
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }