diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
index 9eec26d10d7b..e16105be2eb2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
@@ -1292,11 +1292,10 @@ static int res_get_common_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	has_cap_net_admin = netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN);
 
 	ret = fill_func(msg, has_cap_net_admin, res, port);
-
-	rdma_restrack_put(res);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_free;
 
+	rdma_restrack_put(res);
 	nlmsg_end(msg, nlh);
 	ib_device_put(device);
 	return rdma_nl_unicast(sock_net(skb->sk), msg, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);