diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index c9424da0d23e3cbbdd0e2b5209d9eddca9f1591f..bcb0e5d6343da72ba38cab387bf3736d3e2a423c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -888,9 +888,9 @@ static void nvme_rdma_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl)
 	list_del(&ctrl->list);
 	mutex_unlock(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
 
-	kfree(ctrl->queues);
 	nvmf_free_options(nctrl->opts);
 free_ctrl:
+	kfree(ctrl->queues);
 	kfree(ctrl);
 }
 
@@ -1932,11 +1932,6 @@ static struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_rdma_create_ctrl(struct device *dev,
 		goto out_free_ctrl;
 	}
 
-	ret = nvme_init_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl, dev, &nvme_rdma_ctrl_ops,
-				0 /* no quirks, we're perfect! */);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_free_ctrl;
-
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ctrl->reconnect_work,
 			nvme_rdma_reconnect_ctrl_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->err_work, nvme_rdma_error_recovery_work);
@@ -1950,14 +1945,19 @@ static struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_rdma_create_ctrl(struct device *dev,
 	ctrl->queues = kcalloc(ctrl->ctrl.queue_count, sizeof(*ctrl->queues),
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctrl->queues)
-		goto out_uninit_ctrl;
+		goto out_free_ctrl;
+
+	ret = nvme_init_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl, dev, &nvme_rdma_ctrl_ops,
+				0 /* no quirks, we're perfect! */);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_kfree_queues;
 
 	changed = nvme_change_ctrl_state(&ctrl->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!changed);
 
 	ret = nvme_rdma_configure_admin_queue(ctrl, true);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_kfree_queues;
+		goto out_uninit_ctrl;
 
 	/* sanity check icdoff */
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.icdoff) {
@@ -2014,14 +2014,14 @@ static struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_rdma_create_ctrl(struct device *dev,
 
 out_remove_admin_queue:
 	nvme_rdma_destroy_admin_queue(ctrl, true);
-out_kfree_queues:
-	kfree(ctrl->queues);
 out_uninit_ctrl:
 	nvme_uninit_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl);
 	nvme_put_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		ret = -EIO;
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+out_kfree_queues:
+	kfree(ctrl->queues);
 out_free_ctrl:
 	kfree(ctrl);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);