diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 0b7fe0a902ff..926da6ed8d51 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -6615,9 +6615,9 @@ static int nf_tables_newobj(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj->list);
 	return err;
 err_trans:
-	kfree(obj->key.name);
-err_userdata:
 	kfree(obj->udata);
+err_userdata:
+	kfree(obj->key.name);
 err_strdup:
 	if (obj->ops->destroy)
 		obj->ops->destroy(&ctx, obj);