diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 74ee126a6fe6..c8a7b4c90190 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static int rds_tcp_init(void)
 
 	ret = rds_tcp_recv_init();
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_slab;
+		goto out_pernet;
 
 	ret = rds_trans_register(&rds_tcp_transport);
 	if (ret)
@@ -628,8 +628,9 @@ static int rds_tcp_init(void)
 
 out_recv:
 	rds_tcp_recv_exit();
-out_slab:
+out_pernet:
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&rds_tcp_net_ops);
+out_slab:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(rds_tcp_conn_slab);
 out:
 	return ret;