diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index be9ff6a74ecc..a643b2f2f4de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ struct tun_struct {
 	struct tun_prog __rcu *steering_prog;
 	struct tun_prog __rcu *filter_prog;
 	struct ethtool_link_ksettings link_ksettings;
+	/* init args */
+	struct file *file;
+	struct ifreq *ifr;
 };
 
 struct veth {
@@ -227,6 +230,9 @@ struct veth {
 	__be16 h_vlan_TCI;
 };
 
+static void tun_flow_init(struct tun_struct *tun);
+static void tun_flow_uninit(struct tun_struct *tun);
+
 static int tun_napi_receive(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 {
 	struct tun_file *tfile = container_of(napi, struct tun_file, napi);
@@ -975,6 +981,49 @@ static int check_filter(struct tap_filter *filter, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops tun_ethtool_ops;
 
+static int tun_net_init(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct tun_struct *tun = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct ifreq *ifr = tun->ifr;
+	int err;
+
+	tun->pcpu_stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct tun_pcpu_stats);
+	if (!tun->pcpu_stats)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&tun->lock);
+
+	err = security_tun_dev_alloc_security(&tun->security);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		free_percpu(tun->pcpu_stats);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	tun_flow_init(tun);
+
+	dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST |
+			   TUN_USER_FEATURES | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
+			   NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX;
+	dev->features = dev->hw_features | NETIF_F_LLTX;
+	dev->vlan_features = dev->features &
+			     ~(NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
+			       NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX);
+
+	tun->flags = (tun->flags & ~TUN_FEATURES) |
+		      (ifr->ifr_flags & TUN_FEATURES);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tun->disabled);
+	err = tun_attach(tun, tun->file, false, ifr->ifr_flags & IFF_NAPI,
+			 ifr->ifr_flags & IFF_NAPI_FRAGS, false);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		tun_flow_uninit(tun);
+		security_tun_dev_free_security(tun->security);
+		free_percpu(tun->pcpu_stats);
+		return err;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Net device detach from fd. */
 static void tun_net_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -1216,6 +1265,7 @@ static int tun_net_change_carrier(struct net_device *dev, bool new_carrier)
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops tun_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_init		= tun_net_init,
 	.ndo_uninit		= tun_net_uninit,
 	.ndo_open		= tun_net_open,
 	.ndo_stop		= tun_net_close,
@@ -1296,6 +1346,7 @@ static int tun_xdp_tx(struct net_device *dev, struct xdp_buff *xdp)
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops tap_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_init		= tun_net_init,
 	.ndo_uninit		= tun_net_uninit,
 	.ndo_open		= tun_net_open,
 	.ndo_stop		= tun_net_close,
@@ -1336,7 +1387,7 @@ static void tun_flow_uninit(struct tun_struct *tun)
 #define MAX_MTU 65535
 
 /* Initialize net device. */
-static void tun_net_init(struct net_device *dev)
+static void tun_net_initialize(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct tun_struct *tun = netdev_priv(dev);
 
@@ -2268,10 +2319,6 @@ static void tun_free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 	BUG_ON(!(list_empty(&tun->disabled)));
 
 	free_percpu(tun->pcpu_stats);
-	/* We clear pcpu_stats so that tun_set_iff() can tell if
-	 * tun_free_netdev() has been called from register_netdevice().
-	 */
-	tun->pcpu_stats = NULL;
 
 	tun_flow_uninit(tun);
 	security_tun_dev_free_security(tun->security);
@@ -2784,41 +2831,16 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 		tun->rx_batched = 0;
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(tun->steering_prog, NULL);
 
-		tun->pcpu_stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct tun_pcpu_stats);
-		if (!tun->pcpu_stats) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_free_dev;
-		}
+		tun->ifr = ifr;
+		tun->file = file;
 
-		spin_lock_init(&tun->lock);
-
-		err = security_tun_dev_alloc_security(&tun->security);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto err_free_stat;
-
-		tun_net_init(dev);
-		tun_flow_init(tun);
-
-		dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST |
-				   TUN_USER_FEATURES | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
-				   NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX;
-		dev->features = dev->hw_features | NETIF_F_LLTX;
-		dev->vlan_features = dev->features &
-				     ~(NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
-				       NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX);
-
-		tun->flags = (tun->flags & ~TUN_FEATURES) |
-			      (ifr->ifr_flags & TUN_FEATURES);
-
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tun->disabled);
-		err = tun_attach(tun, file, false, ifr->ifr_flags & IFF_NAPI,
-				 ifr->ifr_flags & IFF_NAPI_FRAGS, false);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto err_free_flow;
+		tun_net_initialize(dev);
 
 		err = register_netdevice(tun->dev);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto err_detach;
+		if (err < 0) {
+			free_netdev(dev);
+			return err;
+		}
 		/* free_netdev() won't check refcnt, to aovid race
 		 * with dev_put() we need publish tun after registration.
 		 */
@@ -2835,24 +2857,6 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 
 	strcpy(ifr->ifr_name, tun->dev->name);
 	return 0;
-
-err_detach:
-	tun_detach_all(dev);
-	/* We are here because register_netdevice() has failed.
-	 * If register_netdevice() already called tun_free_netdev()
-	 * while dealing with the error, tun->pcpu_stats has been cleared.
-	 */
-	if (!tun->pcpu_stats)
-		goto err_free_dev;
-
-err_free_flow:
-	tun_flow_uninit(tun);
-	security_tun_dev_free_security(tun->security);
-err_free_stat:
-	free_percpu(tun->pcpu_stats);
-err_free_dev:
-	free_netdev(dev);
-	return err;
 }
 
 static void tun_get_iff(struct tun_struct *tun, struct ifreq *ifr)