diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6.c b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
index 29346a6eec9ffed46b00153c4a6cb0295a327ceb..35508abd76f43d771ed7e66f29bc143af4a81977 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
@@ -512,22 +512,24 @@ int __init seg6_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = genl_register_family(&seg6_genl_family);
+	err = register_pernet_subsys(&ip6_segments_ops);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = register_pernet_subsys(&ip6_segments_ops);
+	err = genl_register_family(&seg6_genl_family);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unregister_genl;
+		goto out_unregister_pernet;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL
 	err = seg6_iptunnel_init();
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unregister_pernet;
+		goto out_unregister_genl;
 
 	err = seg6_local_init();
-	if (err)
-		goto out_unregister_pernet;
+	if (err) {
+		seg6_iptunnel_exit();
+		goto out_unregister_genl;
+	}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_HMAC
@@ -548,11 +550,11 @@ int __init seg6_init(void)
 #endif
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL
-out_unregister_pernet:
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6_segments_ops);
-#endif
 out_unregister_genl:
 	genl_unregister_family(&seg6_genl_family);
+#endif
+out_unregister_pernet:
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6_segments_ops);
 	goto out;
 }