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);
 }
 
                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);
        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) {
 
 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);