diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index b1015e97f37b..94cf515ec602 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ static void nilfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		up_write(&nilfs->ns_sem);
 	}
 
+	nilfs_sysfs_delete_device_group(nilfs);
 	iput(nilfs->ns_sufile);
 	iput(nilfs->ns_cpfile);
 	iput(nilfs->ns_dat);
@@ -1103,6 +1104,7 @@ nilfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	nilfs_put_root(fsroot);
 
  failed_unload:
+	nilfs_sysfs_delete_device_group(nilfs);
 	iput(nilfs->ns_sufile);
 	iput(nilfs->ns_cpfile);
 	iput(nilfs->ns_dat);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 6541e29a8b20..24f626e7d012 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ void destroy_nilfs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs)
 {
 	might_sleep();
 	if (nilfs_init(nilfs)) {
-		nilfs_sysfs_delete_device_group(nilfs);
 		brelse(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
 		brelse(nilfs->ns_sbh[1]);
 	}
@@ -275,6 +274,10 @@ int load_nilfs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, struct super_block *sb)
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
+	err = nilfs_sysfs_create_device_group(sb);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		goto sysfs_error;
+
 	if (valid_fs)
 		goto skip_recovery;
 
@@ -336,6 +339,9 @@ int load_nilfs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, struct super_block *sb)
 	goto failed;
 
  failed_unload:
+	nilfs_sysfs_delete_device_group(nilfs);
+
+ sysfs_error:
 	iput(nilfs->ns_cpfile);
 	iput(nilfs->ns_sufile);
 	iput(nilfs->ns_dat);
@@ -668,10 +674,6 @@ int init_nilfs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, struct super_block *sb, char *data)
 	if (err)
 		goto failed_sbh;
 
-	err = nilfs_sysfs_create_device_group(sb);
-	if (err)
-		goto failed_sbh;
-
 	set_nilfs_init(nilfs);
 	err = 0;
  out: