diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index c42e83d2751cdc2dd1324a3b9db3e36b615d2fb5..581a6584ed0c651f3bfc7983f704aaeca5203e09 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -3778,6 +3778,7 @@ static void __net_exit ip_vs_control_net_cleanup_sysctl(struct net *net)
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ipvs->defense_work);
 	cancel_work_sync(&ipvs->defense_work.work);
 	unregister_net_sysctl_table(ipvs->sysctl_hdr);
+	ip_vs_stop_estimator(net, &ipvs->tot_stats);
 }
 
 #else
@@ -3840,7 +3841,6 @@ void __net_exit ip_vs_control_net_cleanup(struct net *net)
 	struct netns_ipvs *ipvs = net_ipvs(net);
 
 	ip_vs_trash_cleanup(net);
-	ip_vs_stop_estimator(net, &ipvs->tot_stats);
 	ip_vs_control_net_cleanup_sysctl(net);
 	remove_proc_entry("ip_vs_stats_percpu", net->proc_net);
 	remove_proc_entry("ip_vs_stats", net->proc_net);