diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 895348e44c7d22c9e6d4828195e7099a74154531..a29a504492af6f2c38607f2c15e123a297d565cd 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1871,6 +1871,7 @@ static int __init l2tp_init(void)
 	l2tp_wq = alloc_workqueue("l2tp", WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
 	if (!l2tp_wq) {
 		pr_err("alloc_workqueue failed\n");
+		unregister_pernet_device(&l2tp_net_ops);
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}