diff --git a/datapath/datapath.c b/datapath/datapath.c
index 65d25c2a2..08e7450e5 100644
--- a/datapath/datapath.c
+++ b/datapath/datapath.c
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ static int create_dp(int dp_idx, const char __user *devnamep)
 		goto err_destroy_local_port;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(dps[dp_idx], dp);
+	dp_sysfs_add_dp(dp);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&dp_mutex);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
-	dp_sysfs_add_dp(dp);
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_destroy_local_port: