diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index 473a790f5894..a2f9c9640716 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -352,16 +352,18 @@ static int tipc_enable_bearer(struct net *net, const char *name,
 		goto rejected;
 	}
 
+	/* Create monitoring data before accepting activate messages */
+	if (tipc_mon_create(net, bearer_id)) {
+		bearer_disable(net, b);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	test_and_set_bit_lock(0, &b->up);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tn->bearer_list[bearer_id], b);
 	if (skb)
 		tipc_bearer_xmit_skb(net, bearer_id, skb, &b->bcast_addr);
 
-	if (tipc_mon_create(net, bearer_id)) {
-		bearer_disable(net, b);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	pr_info("Enabled bearer <%s>, priority %u\n", name, prio);
 
 	return res;