diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 09cdcdfe7e91d461fefef76c7aefdcc5f3bf5ba0..bcfbdb4758c9dc26367bfa7b01a2c9bec9e272a3 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ static int tc_ctl_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 	if ((cops = q->ops->cl_ops) == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (cops->tcf_chain == NULL)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	/* Do we search for filter, attached to class? */
 	if (TC_H_MIN(parent)) {
 		cl = cops->get(q, parent);
@@ -433,6 +436,8 @@ static int tc_dump_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		goto out;
 	if ((cops = q->ops->cl_ops) == NULL)
 		goto errout;
+	if (cops->tcf_chain == NULL)
+		goto errout;
 	if (TC_H_MIN(tcm->tcm_parent)) {
 		cl = cops->get(q, tcm->tcm_parent);
 		if (cl == 0)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_red.c b/net/sched/sch_red.c
index 2bdf241f63154df3996bf0c5ec3460cf1fae25c7..c27b8023f07945b9aadec85b3e286ec0dc50f359 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_red.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_red.c
@@ -331,11 +331,6 @@ static void red_walk(struct Qdisc *sch, struct qdisc_walker *walker)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct tcf_proto **red_find_tcf(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned long cl)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static const struct Qdisc_class_ops red_class_ops = {
 	.graft		=	red_graft,
 	.leaf		=	red_leaf,
@@ -344,7 +339,6 @@ static const struct Qdisc_class_ops red_class_ops = {
 	.change		=	red_change_class,
 	.delete		=	red_delete,
 	.walk		=	red_walk,
-	.tcf_chain	=	red_find_tcf,
 	.dump		=	red_dump_class,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_tbf.c b/net/sched/sch_tbf.c
index e22dfe85e43ed5e38213f3bf8d09449d699d43ca..28909699d24d46941fe42939d53c188591edc2fc 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_tbf.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_tbf.c
@@ -433,11 +433,6 @@ static void tbf_walk(struct Qdisc *sch, struct qdisc_walker *walker)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct tcf_proto **tbf_find_tcf(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned long cl)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static const struct Qdisc_class_ops tbf_class_ops =
 {
 	.graft		=	tbf_graft,
@@ -447,7 +442,6 @@ static const struct Qdisc_class_ops tbf_class_ops =
 	.change		=	tbf_change_class,
 	.delete		=	tbf_delete,
 	.walk		=	tbf_walk,
-	.tcf_chain	=	tbf_find_tcf,
 	.dump		=	tbf_dump_class,
 };