diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 3b0c7758ea4f..3c3fcce4acd4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -6477,16 +6477,16 @@ static int __init bonding_init(void)
 	if (res)
 		goto out;
 
+	bond_create_debugfs();
+
 	res = register_pernet_subsys(&bond_net_ops);
 	if (res)
-		goto out;
+		goto err_net_ops;
 
 	res = bond_netlink_init();
 	if (res)
 		goto err_link;
 
-	bond_create_debugfs();
-
 	for (i = 0; i < max_bonds; i++) {
 		res = bond_create(&init_net, NULL);
 		if (res)
@@ -6501,10 +6501,11 @@ static int __init bonding_init(void)
 out:
 	return res;
 err:
-	bond_destroy_debugfs();
 	bond_netlink_fini();
 err_link:
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&bond_net_ops);
+err_net_ops:
+	bond_destroy_debugfs();
 	goto out;
 
 }
@@ -6513,11 +6514,11 @@ static void __exit bonding_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&bond_netdev_notifier);
 
-	bond_destroy_debugfs();
-
 	bond_netlink_fini();
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&bond_net_ops);
 
+	bond_destroy_debugfs();
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	/* Make sure we don't have an imbalance on our netpoll blocking */
 	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&netpoll_block_tx));