diff --git a/include/net/fib_rules.h b/include/net/fib_rules.h
index 41a301e38643..2364db1a47e6 100644
--- a/include/net/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/net/fib_rules.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static inline u32 frh_get_table(struct fib_rule_hdr *frh, struct nlattr **nla)
 
 extern int			fib_rules_register(struct fib_rules_ops *);
 extern int			fib_rules_unregister(struct fib_rules_ops *);
+extern void                     fib_rules_cleanup_ops(struct fib_rules_ops *);
 
 extern int			fib_rules_lookup(struct fib_rules_ops *,
 						 struct flowi *, int flags,
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 5d39ce92afcf..eaa315868792 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ extern void			fib6_gc_cleanup(void);
 
 extern int			fib6_init(void);
 
-extern void			fib6_rules_init(void);
+extern int			fib6_rules_init(void);
 extern void			fib6_rules_cleanup(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 0af0538343da..fcbf41c0a5d4 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ errout:
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fib_rules_register);
 
-static void cleanup_ops(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
+void fib_rules_cleanup_ops(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
 {
 	struct fib_rule *rule, *tmp;
 
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static void cleanup_ops(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
 		fib_rule_put(rule);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fib_rules_cleanup_ops);
 
 int fib_rules_unregister(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
 {
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ int fib_rules_unregister(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
 	list_for_each_entry(o, &rules_ops, list) {
 		if (o == ops) {
 			list_del_rcu(&o->list);
-			cleanup_ops(ops);
+			fib_rules_cleanup_ops(ops);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index 428c6b0e26d8..9ce2e0a6748a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -265,10 +265,23 @@ static int __init fib6_default_rules_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void __init fib6_rules_init(void)
+int __init fib6_rules_init(void)
 {
-	BUG_ON(fib6_default_rules_init());
-	fib_rules_register(&fib6_rules_ops);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = fib6_default_rules_init();
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = fib_rules_register(&fib6_rules_ops);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_default_rules_init;
+out:
+	return ret;
+
+out_default_rules_init:
+	fib_rules_cleanup_ops(&fib6_rules_ops);
+	goto out;
 }
 
 void fib6_rules_cleanup(void)