diff --git a/include/net/tls.h b/include/net/tls.h
index 1fffb206f09f..bf3d63a52788 100644
--- a/include/net/tls.h
+++ b/include/net/tls.h
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ int tls_sw_fallback_init(struct sock *sk,
 			 struct tls_crypto_info *crypto_info);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TLS_DEVICE
-void tls_device_init(void);
+int tls_device_init(void);
 void tls_device_cleanup(void);
 void tls_device_sk_destruct(struct sock *sk);
 int tls_set_device_offload(struct sock *sk, struct tls_context *ctx);
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ static inline bool tls_is_sk_rx_device_offloaded(struct sock *sk)
 	return tls_get_ctx(sk)->rx_conf == TLS_HW;
 }
 #else
-static inline void tls_device_init(void) {}
+static inline int tls_device_init(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void tls_device_cleanup(void) {}
 
 static inline int
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index f3e3d009cf1c..4775431cbd38 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -1394,9 +1394,9 @@ static struct notifier_block tls_dev_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call	= tls_dev_event,
 };
 
-void __init tls_device_init(void)
+int __init tls_device_init(void)
 {
-	register_netdevice_notifier(&tls_dev_notifier);
+	return register_netdevice_notifier(&tls_dev_notifier);
 }
 
 void __exit tls_device_cleanup(void)
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
index 62b1c5e32bbd..a947cfb100bd 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
@@ -910,7 +910,12 @@ static int __init tls_register(void)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	tls_device_init();
+	err = tls_device_init();
+	if (err) {
+		unregister_pernet_subsys(&tls_proc_ops);
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	tcp_register_ulp(&tcp_tls_ulp_ops);
 
 	return 0;