diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index fcee6012293b..58f530f60172 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -236,9 +236,6 @@ void ovs_dp_detach_port(struct vport *p)
 	/* First drop references to device. */
 	hlist_del_rcu(&p->dp_hash_node);
 
-	/* Free percpu memory */
-	free_percpu(p->upcall_stats);
-
 	/* Then destroy it. */
 	ovs_vport_del(p);
 }
@@ -1858,12 +1855,6 @@ static int ovs_dp_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		goto err_destroy_portids;
 	}
 
-	vport->upcall_stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct vport_upcall_stats_percpu);
-	if (!vport->upcall_stats) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_destroy_vport;
-	}
-
 	err = ovs_dp_cmd_fill_info(dp, reply, info->snd_portid,
 				   info->snd_seq, 0, OVS_DP_CMD_NEW);
 	BUG_ON(err < 0);
@@ -1876,8 +1867,6 @@ static int ovs_dp_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	ovs_notify(&dp_datapath_genl_family, reply, info);
 	return 0;
 
-err_destroy_vport:
-	ovs_dp_detach_port(vport);
 err_destroy_portids:
 	kfree(rcu_dereference_raw(dp->upcall_portids));
 err_unlock_and_destroy_meters:
@@ -2322,12 +2311,6 @@ restart:
 		goto exit_unlock_free;
 	}
 
-	vport->upcall_stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct vport_upcall_stats_percpu);
-	if (!vport->upcall_stats) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto exit_unlock_free_vport;
-	}
-
 	err = ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(vport, reply, genl_info_net(info),
 				      info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, 0,
 				      OVS_VPORT_CMD_NEW, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2345,8 +2328,6 @@ restart:
 	ovs_notify(&dp_vport_genl_family, reply, info);
 	return 0;
 
-exit_unlock_free_vport:
-	ovs_dp_detach_port(vport);
 exit_unlock_free:
 	ovs_unlock();
 	kfree_skb(reply);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.c b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
index 7e0f5c45b512..972ae01a70f7 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct vport *ovs_vport_alloc(int priv_size, const struct vport_ops *ops,
 {
 	struct vport *vport;
 	size_t alloc_size;
+	int err;
 
 	alloc_size = sizeof(struct vport);
 	if (priv_size) {
@@ -135,17 +136,29 @@ struct vport *ovs_vport_alloc(int priv_size, const struct vport_ops *ops,
 	if (!vport)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	vport->upcall_stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct vport_upcall_stats_percpu);
+	if (!vport->upcall_stats) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_kfree_vport;
+	}
+
 	vport->dp = parms->dp;
 	vport->port_no = parms->port_no;
 	vport->ops = ops;
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&vport->dp_hash_node);
 
 	if (ovs_vport_set_upcall_portids(vport, parms->upcall_portids)) {
-		kfree(vport);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_free_percpu;
 	}
 
 	return vport;
+
+err_free_percpu:
+	free_percpu(vport->upcall_stats);
+err_kfree_vport:
+	kfree(vport);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ovs_vport_alloc);
 
@@ -165,6 +178,7 @@ void ovs_vport_free(struct vport *vport)
 	 * it is safe to use raw dereference.
 	 */
 	kfree(rcu_dereference_raw(vport->upcall_portids));
+	free_percpu(vport->upcall_stats);
 	kfree(vport);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ovs_vport_free);