diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
index 26f71cbf7527..5993405c25c1 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ static struct vport *internal_dev_create(const struct vport_parms *parms)
 {
 	struct vport *vport;
 	struct internal_dev *internal_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev;
 	int err;
+	bool free_vport = true;
 
 	vport = ovs_vport_alloc(0, &ovs_internal_vport_ops, parms);
 	if (IS_ERR(vport)) {
@@ -178,8 +180,9 @@ static struct vport *internal_dev_create(const struct vport_parms *parms)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	vport->dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct internal_dev),
-				  parms->name, NET_NAME_USER, do_setup);
+	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct internal_dev),
+			   parms->name, NET_NAME_USER, do_setup);
+	vport->dev = dev;
 	if (!vport->dev) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error_free_vport;
@@ -200,8 +203,10 @@ static struct vport *internal_dev_create(const struct vport_parms *parms)
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 	err = register_netdevice(vport->dev);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		free_vport = false;
 		goto error_unlock;
+	}
 
 	dev_set_promiscuity(vport->dev, 1);
 	rtnl_unlock();
@@ -211,11 +216,12 @@ static struct vport *internal_dev_create(const struct vport_parms *parms)
 
 error_unlock:
 	rtnl_unlock();
-	free_percpu(vport->dev->tstats);
+	free_percpu(dev->tstats);
 error_free_netdev:
-	free_netdev(vport->dev);
+	free_netdev(dev);
 error_free_vport:
-	ovs_vport_free(vport);
+	if (free_vport)
+		ovs_vport_free(vport);
 error:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }