diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 7f39d6091dfa0..8e03d6c25097a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
 		goto out_free_all;
 	return 0;
 out_free_all:
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
+	unregister_filesystem(&nfsd_fs_type);
 out_free_exports:
 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs/exports", NULL);
 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs", NULL);