diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
index 8adfc88e793a..3d6498af9adc 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
@@ -75,19 +75,20 @@ static struct pernet_operations sunrpc_net_ops = {
 static int __init
 init_sunrpc(void)
 {
-	int err = register_rpc_pipefs();
+	int err = rpc_init_mempool();
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	err = rpc_init_mempool();
-	if (err)
-		goto out2;
 	err = rpcauth_init_module();
 	if (err)
-		goto out3;
+		goto out2;
 
 	cache_initialize();
 
 	err = register_pernet_subsys(&sunrpc_net_ops);
+	if (err)
+		goto out3;
+
+	err = register_rpc_pipefs();
 	if (err)
 		goto out4;
 #ifdef RPC_DEBUG
@@ -98,11 +99,11 @@ init_sunrpc(void)
 	return 0;
 
 out4:
-	rpcauth_remove_module();
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&sunrpc_net_ops);
 out3:
-	rpc_destroy_mempool();
+	rpcauth_remove_module();
 out2:
-	unregister_rpc_pipefs();
+	rpc_destroy_mempool();
 out:
 	return err;
 }