--- a/sys/netgraph/ng_device.c
+++ b/sys/netgraph/ng_device.c
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@
 	    new_connection->unit, 0, 0, 0600, "ngd%d", new_connection->unit);
 	if(new_connection->ngddev == NULL) {
 		kprintf("%s(): make_dev failed\n", __func__);
-		SLIST_REMOVE(&sc->head, new_connection, ngd_connection, links);
 		kfree(new_connection, M_DEVBUF);
 		return(-1);
 	}
@@ -297,7 +296,6 @@
 	if(new_connection->readq == NULL) {
 		kprintf("%s(): readq malloc failed\n", __func__);
 		destroy_dev(new_connection->ngddev);
-		SLIST_REMOVE(&sc->head, new_connection, ngd_connection, links);
 		kfree(new_connection, M_DEVBUF);
 		return(-1);
 	}