diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 69252eb462b2d..2f355f0ec32ac 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -6555,10 +6555,16 @@ static void __net_exit ip6_route_net_exit(struct net *net)
 static int __net_init ip6_route_net_init_late(struct net *net)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	proc_create_net("ipv6_route", 0, net->proc_net, &ipv6_route_seq_ops,
-			sizeof(struct ipv6_route_iter));
-	proc_create_net_single("rt6_stats", 0444, net->proc_net,
-			rt6_stats_seq_show, NULL);
+	if (!proc_create_net("ipv6_route", 0, net->proc_net,
+			     &ipv6_route_seq_ops,
+			     sizeof(struct ipv6_route_iter)))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (!proc_create_net_single("rt6_stats", 0444, net->proc_net,
+				    rt6_stats_seq_show, NULL)) {
+		remove_proc_entry("ipv6_route", net->proc_net);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }