diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index d3b08b76b1ec..45308b3350cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2779,10 +2779,19 @@ static void vxlan_vs_add_dev(struct vxlan_sock *vs, struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 /* Setup stats when device is created */
 static int vxlan_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int err;
+
 	dev->tstats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_sw_netstats);
 	if (!dev->tstats)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	err = gro_cells_init(&vxlan->gro_cells, dev);
+	if (err) {
+		free_percpu(dev->tstats);
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3043,8 +3052,6 @@ static void vxlan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	vxlan->dev = dev;
 
-	gro_cells_init(&vxlan->gro_cells, dev);
-
 	for (h = 0; h < FDB_HASH_SIZE; ++h) {
 		spin_lock_init(&vxlan->hash_lock[h]);
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&vxlan->fdb_head[h]);