diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index c35c0ebaf722c..7d408957ed623 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -2177,6 +2177,7 @@ static struct notifier_block nfsd4_cld_block = {
 int
 register_cld_notifier(void)
 {
+	WARN_ON(!nfsd_net_id);
 	return rpc_pipefs_notifier_register(&nfsd4_cld_block);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 730386c130e0f..f6328ae9b2da4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1526,12 +1526,9 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
 	int retval;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).\n");
 
-	retval = register_cld_notifier();
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
 	retval = nfsd4_init_slabs();
 	if (retval)
-		goto out_unregister_notifier;
+		return retval;
 	retval = nfsd4_init_pnfs();
 	if (retval)
 		goto out_free_slabs;
@@ -1549,9 +1546,14 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
 		goto out_free_exports;
 	retval = register_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
 	if (retval < 0)
+		goto out_free_filesystem;
+	retval = register_cld_notifier();
+	if (retval)
 		goto out_free_all;
 	return 0;
 out_free_all:
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
+out_free_filesystem:
 	unregister_filesystem(&nfsd_fs_type);
 out_free_exports:
 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs/exports", NULL);
@@ -1565,13 +1567,12 @@ out_free_stat:
 	nfsd4_exit_pnfs();
 out_free_slabs:
 	nfsd4_free_slabs();
-out_unregister_notifier:
-	unregister_cld_notifier();
 	return retval;
 }
 
 static void __exit exit_nfsd(void)
 {
+	unregister_cld_notifier();
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
 	nfsd_drc_slab_free();
 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs/exports", NULL);
@@ -1582,7 +1583,6 @@ static void __exit exit_nfsd(void)
 	nfsd4_exit_pnfs();
 	nfsd_fault_inject_cleanup();
 	unregister_filesystem(&nfsd_fs_type);
-	unregister_cld_notifier();
 }
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>");