diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 65c8e3b3b710..fbf807a0cc4a 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -638,19 +638,19 @@ static int rds_tcp_init(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = register_netdevice_notifier(&rds_tcp_dev_notifier);
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_warn("could not register rds_tcp_dev_notifier\n");
+	ret = rds_tcp_recv_init();
+	if (ret)
 		goto out_slab;
-	}
 
 	ret = register_pernet_subsys(&rds_tcp_net_ops);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_notifier;
+		goto out_recv;
 
-	ret = rds_tcp_recv_init();
-	if (ret)
+	ret = register_netdevice_notifier(&rds_tcp_dev_notifier);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("could not register rds_tcp_dev_notifier\n");
 		goto out_pernet;
+	}
 
 	rds_trans_register(&rds_tcp_transport);
 
@@ -660,9 +660,8 @@ static int rds_tcp_init(void)
 
 out_pernet:
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&rds_tcp_net_ops);
-out_notifier:
-	if (unregister_netdevice_notifier(&rds_tcp_dev_notifier))
-		pr_warn("could not unregister rds_tcp_dev_notifier\n");
+out_recv:
+	rds_tcp_recv_exit();
 out_slab:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(rds_tcp_conn_slab);
 out: