diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 424239c075e28..a404465036de3 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -3824,16 +3824,11 @@ static int blk_mq_init_hctx(struct request_queue *q,
 {
 	hctx->queue_num = hctx_idx;
 
-	if (!(hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_STACKING))
-		cpuhp_state_add_instance_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_BLK_MQ_ONLINE,
-				&hctx->cpuhp_online);
-	cpuhp_state_add_instance_nocalls(CPUHP_BLK_MQ_DEAD, &hctx->cpuhp_dead);
-
 	hctx->tags = set->tags[hctx_idx];
 
 	if (set->ops->init_hctx &&
 	    set->ops->init_hctx(hctx, set->driver_data, hctx_idx))
-		goto unregister_cpu_notifier;
+		goto fail;
 
 	if (blk_mq_init_request(set, hctx->fq->flush_rq, hctx_idx,
 				hctx->numa_node))
@@ -3842,6 +3837,11 @@ static int blk_mq_init_hctx(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (xa_insert(&q->hctx_table, hctx_idx, hctx, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto exit_flush_rq;
 
+	if (!(hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_STACKING))
+		cpuhp_state_add_instance_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_BLK_MQ_ONLINE,
+				&hctx->cpuhp_online);
+	cpuhp_state_add_instance_nocalls(CPUHP_BLK_MQ_DEAD, &hctx->cpuhp_dead);
+
 	return 0;
 
  exit_flush_rq:
@@ -3850,8 +3850,7 @@ static int blk_mq_init_hctx(struct request_queue *q,
  exit_hctx:
 	if (set->ops->exit_hctx)
 		set->ops->exit_hctx(hctx, hctx_idx);
- unregister_cpu_notifier:
-	blk_mq_remove_cpuhp(hctx);
+ fail:
 	return -1;
 }