diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 8268fa331826..c114c91b558b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -4819,9 +4819,13 @@ static int __init vxlan_init_module(void)
 	if (rc)
 		goto out4;
 
-	vxlan_vnifilter_init();
+	rc = vxlan_vnifilter_init();
+	if (rc)
+		goto out5;
 
 	return 0;
+out5:
+	rtnl_link_unregister(&vxlan_link_ops);
 out4:
 	unregister_switchdev_notifier(&vxlan_switchdev_notifier_block);
 out3:
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_private.h b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_private.h
index 817fa3075842..85b6d0c347e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_private.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_private.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int vxlan_vni_in_use(struct net *src_net, struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 int vxlan_vnigroup_init(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan);
 void vxlan_vnigroup_uninit(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan);
 
-void vxlan_vnifilter_init(void);
+int vxlan_vnifilter_init(void);
 void vxlan_vnifilter_uninit(void);
 void vxlan_vnifilter_count(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan, __be32 vni,
 			   struct vxlan_vni_node *vninode,
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
index 9c59d0bf8c3d..d2023e7131bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
@@ -992,19 +992,18 @@ static int vxlan_vnifilter_process(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	return err;
 }
 
-void vxlan_vnifilter_init(void)
+static const struct rtnl_msg_handler vxlan_vnifilter_rtnl_msg_handlers[] = {
+	{THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_GETTUNNEL, NULL, vxlan_vnifilter_dump, 0},
+	{THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_NEWTUNNEL, vxlan_vnifilter_process, NULL, 0},
+	{THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_DELTUNNEL, vxlan_vnifilter_process, NULL, 0},
+};
+
+int vxlan_vnifilter_init(void)
 {
-	rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_GETTUNNEL, NULL,
-			     vxlan_vnifilter_dump, 0);
-	rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_NEWTUNNEL,
-			     vxlan_vnifilter_process, NULL, 0);
-	rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_DELTUNNEL,
-			     vxlan_vnifilter_process, NULL, 0);
+	return rtnl_register_many(vxlan_vnifilter_rtnl_msg_handlers);
 }
 
 void vxlan_vnifilter_uninit(void)
 {
-	rtnl_unregister(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_GETTUNNEL);
-	rtnl_unregister(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_NEWTUNNEL);
-	rtnl_unregister(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_DELTUNNEL);
+	rtnl_unregister_many(vxlan_vnifilter_rtnl_msg_handlers);
 }