diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 38de3a1dff36..4a0ba86b86ed 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -9977,6 +9977,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_port_register);
 void devl_port_unregister(struct devlink_port *devlink_port)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&devlink_port->devlink->lock);
+	WARN_ON(devlink_port->type != DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_NOTSET);
 
 	devlink_port_type_warn_cancel(devlink_port);
 	devlink_port_notify(devlink_port, DEVLINK_CMD_PORT_DEL);