diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index f6b962f56ab425f5bb3480e8433c888e7169a861..a7381205bbfced5870961358758faa45e6e26357 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -2443,7 +2443,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata tcp_sk_ops = {
 void __init tcp_v4_init(void)
 {
 	inet_hashinfo_init(&tcp_hashinfo);
-	if (register_pernet_device(&tcp_sk_ops))
+	if (register_pernet_subsys(&tcp_sk_ops))
 		panic("Failed to create the TCP control socket.\n");
 }