diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 955d92277d5a..5de35d556f29 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -657,13 +657,13 @@ static void __net_exit rds_tcp_exit_net(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct rds_tcp_net *rtn = net_generic(net, rds_tcp_netid);
 
-	rds_tcp_kill_sock(net);
-
 	if (rtn->rds_tcp_sysctl)
 		unregister_net_sysctl_table(rtn->rds_tcp_sysctl);
 
 	if (net != &init_net)
 		kfree(rtn->ctl_table);
+
+	rds_tcp_kill_sock(net);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations rds_tcp_net_ops = {