int err = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-       mutex_lock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
        if (l3proto->ctl_table != NULL) {
                err = nf_ct_register_sysctl(&l3proto->ctl_table_header,
                                            l3proto->ctl_table_path,
                                            l3proto->ctl_table, NULL);
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
 #endif
        return err;
 }
 static void nf_ct_l3proto_unregister_sysctl(struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *l3proto)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-       mutex_lock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
        if (l3proto->ctl_table_header != NULL)
                nf_ct_unregister_sysctl(&l3proto->ctl_table_header,
                                        l3proto->ctl_table, NULL);
-       mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
 #endif
 }
 
 {
        int ret = 0;
 
-       if (proto->l3proto >= AF_MAX) {
-               ret = -EBUSY;
-               goto out;
-       }
+       if (proto->l3proto >= AF_MAX)
+               return -EBUSY;
 
        mutex_lock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
        if (nf_ct_l3protos[proto->l3proto] != &nf_conntrack_l3proto_generic) {
                ret = -EBUSY;
                goto out_unlock;
        }
-       rcu_assign_pointer(nf_ct_l3protos[proto->l3proto], proto);
-       mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
 
        ret = nf_ct_l3proto_register_sysctl(proto);
        if (ret < 0)
-               nf_conntrack_l3proto_unregister(proto);
-       return ret;
+               goto out_unlock;
+
+       rcu_assign_pointer(nf_ct_l3protos[proto->l3proto], proto);
 
 out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
-out:
        return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_l3proto_register);
        BUG_ON(nf_ct_l3protos[proto->l3proto] != proto);
        rcu_assign_pointer(nf_ct_l3protos[proto->l3proto],
                           &nf_conntrack_l3proto_generic);
+       nf_ct_l3proto_unregister_sysctl(proto);
        mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
-       synchronize_rcu();
 
-       nf_ct_l3proto_unregister_sysctl(proto);
+       synchronize_rcu();
 
        /* Remove all contrack entries for this protocol */
        nf_ct_iterate_cleanup(kill_l3proto, proto);
        int err = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-       mutex_lock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
        if (l4proto->ctl_table != NULL) {
                err = nf_ct_register_sysctl(l4proto->ctl_table_header,
                                            nf_net_netfilter_sysctl_path,
        }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT */
 out:
-       mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
        return err;
 }
 static void nf_ct_l4proto_unregister_sysctl(struct nf_conntrack_l4proto *l4proto)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-       mutex_lock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
        if (l4proto->ctl_table_header != NULL &&
            *l4proto->ctl_table_header != NULL)
                nf_ct_unregister_sysctl(l4proto->ctl_table_header,
                nf_ct_unregister_sysctl(&l4proto->ctl_compat_table_header,
                                        l4proto->ctl_compat_table, NULL);
 #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT */
-       mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 }
 
 {
        int ret = 0;
 
-       if (l4proto->l3proto >= PF_MAX) {
-               ret = -EBUSY;
-               goto out;
-       }
+       if (l4proto->l3proto >= PF_MAX)
+               return -EBUSY;
 
        mutex_lock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
 retry:
                goto retry;
        }
 
-       rcu_assign_pointer(nf_ct_protos[l4proto->l3proto][l4proto->l4proto], l4proto);
-       mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
-
        ret = nf_ct_l4proto_register_sysctl(l4proto);
        if (ret < 0)
-               nf_conntrack_l4proto_unregister(l4proto);
-       return ret;
+               goto out_unlock;
+
+       rcu_assign_pointer(nf_ct_protos[l4proto->l3proto][l4proto->l4proto], l4proto);
 
 out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
-out:
        return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_l4proto_register);
        BUG_ON(nf_ct_protos[l4proto->l3proto][l4proto->l4proto] != l4proto);
        rcu_assign_pointer(nf_ct_protos[l4proto->l3proto][l4proto->l4proto],
                           &nf_conntrack_l4proto_generic);
+       nf_ct_l4proto_unregister_sysctl(l4proto);
        mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_proto_mutex);
-       synchronize_rcu();
 
-       nf_ct_l4proto_unregister_sysctl(l4proto);
+       synchronize_rcu();
 
        /* Remove all contrack entries for this protocol */
        nf_ct_iterate_cleanup(kill_l4proto, l4proto);