diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index ccfe13a2899c..1aff934c682b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -10518,11 +10518,6 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 		nf_tables_abort_release(trans);
 	}
 
-	if (action == NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD)
-		nf_tables_module_autoload(net);
-	else
-		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
-
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -10539,6 +10534,14 @@ static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list));
 
+	/* module autoload needs to happen after GC sequence update because it
+	 * temporarily releases and grabs mutex again.
+	 */
+	if (action == NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD)
+		nf_tables_module_autoload(net);
+	else
+		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
 
 	return ret;