diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa
index f240221e071e..985d84c585c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-dsa
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/tagging
+What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/dsa/tagging
 Date:		August 2018
 KernelVersion:	4.20
 Contact:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/net/dsa/master.c b/net/dsa/master.c
index c90ee3227dea..5e8c9bef78bd 100644
--- a/net/dsa/master.c
+++ b/net/dsa/master.c
@@ -158,8 +158,31 @@ static void dsa_master_ethtool_teardown(struct net_device *dev)
 	cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops = NULL;
 }
 
+static ssize_t tagging_show(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
+			    char *buf)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev = to_net_dev(d);
+	struct dsa_port *cpu_dp = dev->dsa_ptr;
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n",
+		       dsa_tag_protocol_to_str(cpu_dp->tag_ops));
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(tagging);
+
+static struct attribute *dsa_slave_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_tagging.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group dsa_group = {
+	.name	= "dsa",
+	.attrs	= dsa_slave_attrs,
+};
+
 int dsa_master_setup(struct net_device *dev, struct dsa_port *cpu_dp)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	/* If we use a tagging format that doesn't have an ethertype
 	 * field, make sure that all packets from this point on get
 	 * sent to the tag format's receive function.
@@ -168,11 +191,20 @@ int dsa_master_setup(struct net_device *dev, struct dsa_port *cpu_dp)
 
 	dev->dsa_ptr = cpu_dp;
 
-	return dsa_master_ethtool_setup(dev);
+	ret = dsa_master_ethtool_setup(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = sysfs_create_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &dsa_group);
+	if (ret)
+		dsa_master_ethtool_teardown(dev);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void dsa_master_teardown(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &dsa_group);
 	dsa_master_ethtool_teardown(dev);
 
 	dev->dsa_ptr = NULL;
diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index 7d0c19e7edcf..aec78f5aca72 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -1058,27 +1058,6 @@ static struct device_type dsa_type = {
 	.name	= "dsa",
 };
 
-static ssize_t tagging_show(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
-			    char *buf)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = to_net_dev(d);
-	struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_slave_to_port(dev);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n",
-		       dsa_tag_protocol_to_str(dp->cpu_dp->tag_ops));
-}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(tagging);
-
-static struct attribute *dsa_slave_attrs[] = {
-	&dev_attr_tagging.attr,
-	NULL
-};
-
-static const struct attribute_group dsa_group = {
-	.name	= "dsa",
-	.attrs	= dsa_slave_attrs,
-};
-
 static void dsa_slave_phylink_validate(struct net_device *dev,
 				       unsigned long *supported,
 				       struct phylink_link_state *state)
@@ -1374,14 +1353,8 @@ int dsa_slave_create(struct dsa_port *port)
 		goto out_phy;
 	}
 
-	ret = sysfs_create_group(&slave_dev->dev.kobj, &dsa_group);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unreg;
-
 	return 0;
 
-out_unreg:
-	unregister_netdev(slave_dev);
 out_phy:
 	rtnl_lock();
 	phylink_disconnect_phy(p->dp->pl);
@@ -1405,7 +1378,6 @@ void dsa_slave_destroy(struct net_device *slave_dev)
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	dsa_slave_notify(slave_dev, DSA_PORT_UNREGISTER);
-	sysfs_remove_group(&slave_dev->dev.kobj, &dsa_group);
 	unregister_netdev(slave_dev);
 	phylink_destroy(dp->pl);
 	free_percpu(p->stats64);