diff --git a/net/sched/act_bpf.c b/net/sched/act_bpf.c
index 9092531d45d840ec545f7011afb41776c07c57df..18089c02e55719d9818842f8cd3b35fa6cf94497 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_bpf.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_bpf.c
@@ -248,10 +248,14 @@ static int tcf_bpf_init_from_efd(struct nlattr **tb, struct tcf_bpf_cfg *cfg)
 
 static void tcf_bpf_cfg_cleanup(const struct tcf_bpf_cfg *cfg)
 {
-	if (cfg->is_ebpf)
-		bpf_prog_put(cfg->filter);
-	else
-		bpf_prog_destroy(cfg->filter);
+	struct bpf_prog *filter = cfg->filter;
+
+	if (filter) {
+		if (cfg->is_ebpf)
+			bpf_prog_put(filter);
+		else
+			bpf_prog_destroy(filter);
+	}
 
 	kfree(cfg->bpf_ops);
 	kfree(cfg->bpf_name);