diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
index 8ebf21149ec3..e72b51157cbb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
@@ -2250,7 +2250,6 @@ static const struct nf_hook_ops ip_vs_ops[] = {
 static int __net_init __ip_vs_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct netns_ipvs *ipvs;
-	int ret;
 
 	ipvs = net_generic(net, ip_vs_net_id);
 	if (ipvs == NULL)
@@ -2282,17 +2281,11 @@ static int __net_init __ip_vs_init(struct net *net)
 	if (ip_vs_sync_net_init(ipvs) < 0)
 		goto sync_fail;
 
-	ret = nf_register_net_hooks(net, ip_vs_ops, ARRAY_SIZE(ip_vs_ops));
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto hook_fail;
-
 	return 0;
 /*
  * Error handling
  */
 
-hook_fail:
-	ip_vs_sync_net_cleanup(ipvs);
 sync_fail:
 	ip_vs_conn_net_cleanup(ipvs);
 conn_fail:
@@ -2322,6 +2315,19 @@ static void __net_exit __ip_vs_cleanup(struct net *net)
 	net->ipvs = NULL;
 }
 
+static int __net_init __ip_vs_dev_init(struct net *net)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nf_register_net_hooks(net, ip_vs_ops, ARRAY_SIZE(ip_vs_ops));
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto hook_fail;
+	return 0;
+
+hook_fail:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void __net_exit __ip_vs_dev_cleanup(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct netns_ipvs *ipvs = net_ipvs(net);
@@ -2341,6 +2347,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations ipvs_core_ops = {
 };
 
 static struct pernet_operations ipvs_core_dev_ops = {
+	.init = __ip_vs_dev_init,
 	.exit = __ip_vs_dev_cleanup,
 };