diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 37bac49f30f0..71d34186dec9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1691,13 +1691,13 @@ init_sg(void)
 	sg_sysfs_valid = 1;
 	rc = scsi_register_interface(&sg_interface);
 	if (0 == rc) {
+		register_sg_sysctls();
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS
 		sg_proc_init();
 #endif				/* CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS */
 		return 0;
 	}
 	class_unregister(&sg_sysfs_class);
-	register_sg_sysctls();
 err_out:
 	unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_GENERIC_MAJOR, 0), SG_MAX_DEVS);
 	return rc;