diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index fad992ad4bc8..99853c6e33a8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1380,6 +1380,7 @@ static int ipip6_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	err = dst_cache_init(&tunnel->dst_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (err) {
 		free_percpu(dev->tstats);
+		dev->tstats = NULL;
 		return err;
 	}