diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 0759e589ab52..ddf2b375632b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
 		goto out_free_all;
 	return 0;
 out_free_all:
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
+	unregister_filesystem(&nfsd_fs_type);
 out_free_exports:
 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs/exports", NULL);
 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs", NULL);