diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d72fa90d6feb..d84742f003a9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ static struct inet6_dev *ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (err) {
 		ipv6_mc_destroy_dev(ndev);
 		del_timer(&ndev->regen_timer);
+		snmp6_unregister_dev(ndev);
 		goto err_release;
 	}
 	/* protected by rtnl_lock */