diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 30337b38274b..cc01aa3f2b5e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -1516,6 +1516,9 @@ static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt, bool all)
 			continue;
 		rhltable_remove(&mrt->mfc_hash, &c->mnode, ip6mr_rht_params);
 		list_del_rcu(&c->list);
+		call_ip6mr_mfc_entry_notifiers(read_pnet(&mrt->net),
+					       FIB_EVENT_ENTRY_DEL,
+					       (struct mfc6_cache *)c, mrt->id);
 		mr6_netlink_event(mrt, (struct mfc6_cache *)c, RTM_DELROUTE);
 		mr_cache_put(c);
 	}
@@ -1524,10 +1527,6 @@ static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt, bool all)
 		spin_lock_bh(&mfc_unres_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(c, tmp, &mrt->mfc_unres_queue, list) {
 			list_del(&c->list);
-			call_ip6mr_mfc_entry_notifiers(read_pnet(&mrt->net),
-						       FIB_EVENT_ENTRY_DEL,
-						       (struct mfc6_cache *)c,
-						       mrt->id);
 			mr6_netlink_event(mrt, (struct mfc6_cache *)c,
 					  RTM_DELROUTE);
 			ip6mr_destroy_unres(mrt, (struct mfc6_cache *)c);