diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index e7bd63eb2876ed245a6ece5c8f24f826fb6493ed..3bba6ceee1328913299f9514ad2efe3f95dd57fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif_queue *queue, unsigned long tx_ring_ref,
 	queue->tx_irq = 0;
 err_unmap:
 	xenvif_unmap_frontend_rings(queue);
+	netif_napi_del(&queue->napi);
 err:
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return err;