if (err)
                goto err_devlink_free;
 
-       devlink_register(devlink);
        err = devlink_params_register(devlink, nsim_devlink_params,
                                      ARRAY_SIZE(nsim_devlink_params));
        if (err)
        if (err)
                goto err_psample_exit;
 
-       devlink_params_publish(devlink);
-       devlink_reload_enable(devlink);
        nsim_dev->esw_mode = DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_LEGACY;
+       devlink_register(devlink);
+       devlink_reload_enable(devlink);
        return 0;
 
 err_psample_exit:
        devlink_params_unregister(devlink, nsim_devlink_params,
                                  ARRAY_SIZE(nsim_devlink_params));
 err_dl_unregister:
-       devlink_unregister(devlink);
        devlink_resources_unregister(devlink, NULL);
 err_devlink_free:
        devlink_free(devlink);
        struct devlink *devlink = priv_to_devlink(nsim_dev);
 
        devlink_reload_disable(devlink);
+       devlink_unregister(devlink);
 
        nsim_dev_reload_destroy(nsim_dev);
 
        nsim_dev_debugfs_exit(nsim_dev);
        devlink_params_unregister(devlink, nsim_devlink_params,
                                  ARRAY_SIZE(nsim_devlink_params));
-       devlink_unregister(devlink);
        devlink_resources_unregister(devlink, NULL);
        devlink_free(devlink);
 }