if (!ugeth)
                return;
 
-       if (ugeth->uccf)
+       if (ugeth->uccf) {
                ucc_fast_free(ugeth->uccf);
+               ugeth->uccf = NULL;
+       }
 
        if (ugeth->p_thread_data_tx) {
                qe_muram_free(ugeth->thread_dat_tx_offset);
        ug_info = ugeth->ug_info;
        uf_info = &ug_info->uf_info;
 
-       /* Create CQs for hash tables */
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ugeth->group_hash_q);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ugeth->ind_hash_q);
-
        if (!((uf_info->bd_mem_part == MEM_PART_SYSTEM) ||
              (uf_info->bd_mem_part == MEM_PART_MURAM))) {
                if (netif_msg_probe(ugeth))
        ugeth = netdev_priv(dev);
        spin_lock_init(&ugeth->lock);
 
+       /* Create CQs for hash tables */
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ugeth->group_hash_q);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ugeth->ind_hash_q);
+
        dev_set_drvdata(device, dev);
 
        /* Set the dev->base_addr to the gfar reg region */
        struct net_device *dev = dev_get_drvdata(device);
        struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-       dev_set_drvdata(device, NULL);
-       ucc_geth_memclean(ugeth);
+       unregister_netdev(dev);
        free_netdev(dev);
+       ucc_geth_memclean(ugeth);
+       dev_set_drvdata(device, NULL);
 
        return 0;
 }