diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index 192cb93e7669be9587d850bc3c5a661d9816af24..129afc168fd9da2f80e64300755ac01d5550dc56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -1790,6 +1790,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	return 0;
 
 err_nexthop_neigh_init:
+	mlxsw_sp_nexthop_rif_fini(nh);
 	mlxsw_sp_nexthop_remove(mlxsw_sp, nh);
 	return err;
 }