diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index 19bb3ca0515e..d7d90cdce4f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -4293,6 +4293,8 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop4_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	return 0;
 
 err_nexthop_neigh_init:
+	list_del(&nh->router_list_node);
+	mlxsw_sp_nexthop_counter_free(mlxsw_sp, nh);
 	mlxsw_sp_nexthop_remove(mlxsw_sp, nh);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -6578,6 +6580,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				  const struct fib6_info *rt)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev;
+	int err;
 
 	nh->nhgi = nh_grp->nhgi;
 	nh->nh_weight = rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_weight;
@@ -6593,7 +6596,16 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 		return 0;
 	nh->ifindex = dev->ifindex;
 
-	return mlxsw_sp_nexthop_type_init(mlxsw_sp, nh, dev);
+	err = mlxsw_sp_nexthop_type_init(mlxsw_sp, nh, dev);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_nexthop_type_init;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_nexthop_type_init:
+	list_del(&nh->router_list_node);
+	mlxsw_sp_nexthop_counter_free(mlxsw_sp, nh);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_fini(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,