--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -3524,6 +3524,9 @@ static int __init smc_init(void)
                goto out_pernet_subsys_stat;
        smc_clc_init();

+       INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&smc_v4_hashinfo.ht);
+       INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&smc_v6_hashinfo.ht);
+
        rc = smc_nl_init();
        if (rc)
                goto out_ism;
@@ -3581,8 +3584,6 @@ static int __init smc_init(void)
                pr_err("%s: sock_register fails with %d\n", __func__, rc);
                goto out_proto6;
        }
-       INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&smc_v4_hashinfo.ht);
-       INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&smc_v6_hashinfo.ht);

        rc = smc_ib_register_client();
        if (rc) {