diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index a1b40b9c4906..eb1c91e86fcd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2462,6 +2462,8 @@ static void vxlan_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	gro_cells_destroy(&vxlan->gro_cells);
+
 	vxlan_fdb_delete_default(vxlan, vxlan->cfg.vni);
 
 	free_percpu(dev->tstats);
@@ -3523,7 +3525,6 @@ static void vxlan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 
 	vxlan_flush(vxlan, true);
 
-	gro_cells_destroy(&vxlan->gro_cells);
 	list_del(&vxlan->next);
 	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
 }