diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_arp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_arp.c
index ccfc78db12ee..0c8799a0c9e4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_arp.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -130,8 +131,17 @@ static int __init nf_log_arp_init(void)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	nf_log_register(NFPROTO_ARP, &nf_arp_logger);
+	ret = nf_log_register(NFPROTO_ARP, &nf_arp_logger);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("failed to register logger\n");
+		goto err1;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
+
+err1:
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nf_log_arp_net_ops);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit nf_log_arp_exit(void)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_ipv4.c
index 078bdca1b607..75101980eeee 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_ipv4.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -366,8 +367,17 @@ static int __init nf_log_ipv4_init(void)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	nf_log_register(NFPROTO_IPV4, &nf_ip_logger);
+	ret = nf_log_register(NFPROTO_IPV4, &nf_ip_logger);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("failed to register logger\n");
+		goto err1;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
+
+err1:
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nf_log_ipv4_net_ops);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit nf_log_ipv4_exit(void)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_log_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_log_ipv6.c
index 7b17a0be93e7..7fc34d1681a1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_log_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_log_ipv6.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -398,8 +399,17 @@ static int __init nf_log_ipv6_init(void)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	nf_log_register(NFPROTO_IPV6, &nf_ip6_logger);
+	ret = nf_log_register(NFPROTO_IPV6, &nf_ip6_logger);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("failed to register logger\n");
+		goto err1;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
+
+err1:
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nf_log_ipv6_net_ops);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit nf_log_ipv6_exit(void)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index 5eaf047ed37f..9562e393fdf7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_log_unset);
 int nf_log_register(u_int8_t pf, struct nf_logger *logger)
 {
 	int i;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (pf >= ARRAY_SIZE(init_net.nf.nf_loggers))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -82,16 +83,25 @@ int nf_log_register(u_int8_t pf, struct nf_logger *logger)
 	mutex_lock(&nf_log_mutex);
 
 	if (pf == NFPROTO_UNSPEC) {
+		for (i = NFPROTO_UNSPEC; i < NFPROTO_NUMPROTO; i++) {
+			if (rcu_access_pointer(loggers[i][logger->type])) {
+				ret = -EEXIST;
+				goto unlock;
+			}
+		}
 		for (i = NFPROTO_UNSPEC; i < NFPROTO_NUMPROTO; i++)
 			rcu_assign_pointer(loggers[i][logger->type], logger);
 	} else {
-		/* register at end of list to honor first register win */
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(loggers[pf][logger->type])) {
+			ret = -EEXIST;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
 		rcu_assign_pointer(loggers[pf][logger->type], logger);
 	}
 
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
-
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_log_register);