diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index d148505010a7e8ae1b544ce479bde2597a3a4595..bfa80a6164d91d742807ce21160274c3e48a6318 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -683,10 +683,28 @@ struct tcamsg {
 	unsigned char	tca__pad1;
 	unsigned short	tca__pad2;
 };
+
+enum {
+	TCA_ROOT_UNSPEC,
+	TCA_ROOT_TAB,
+#define TCA_ACT_TAB TCA_ROOT_TAB
+#define TCAA_MAX TCA_ROOT_TAB
+	TCA_ROOT_FLAGS,
+	TCA_ROOT_COUNT,
+	__TCA_ROOT_MAX,
+#define	TCA_ROOT_MAX (__TCA_ROOT_MAX - 1)
+};
+
 #define TA_RTA(r)  ((struct rtattr*)(((char*)(r)) + NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct tcamsg))))
 #define TA_PAYLOAD(n) NLMSG_PAYLOAD(n,sizeof(struct tcamsg))
-#define TCA_ACT_TAB 1 /* attr type must be >=1 */	
-#define TCAA_MAX 1
+/* tcamsg flags stored in attribute TCA_ROOT_FLAGS
+ *
+ * TCA_FLAG_LARGE_DUMP_ON user->kernel to request for larger than TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO
+ * actions in a dump. All dump responses will contain the number of actions
+ * being dumped stored in for user app's consumption in TCA_ROOT_COUNT
+ *
+ */
+#define TCA_FLAG_LARGE_DUMP_ON		(1 << 0)
 
 /* New extended info filters for IFLA_EXT_MASK */
 #define RTEXT_FILTER_VF		(1 << 0)
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 848370e2fccaebc231c2a5e74a4a31c7f8b55d7f..d53653a73c4fdf6c9fc590a5fed7f51c795603d1 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static int tcf_dump_walker(struct tcf_hashinfo *hinfo, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			   struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	int err = 0, index = -1, i = 0, s_i = 0, n_i = 0;
+	u32 act_flags = cb->args[2];
 	struct nlattr *nest;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&hinfo->lock);
@@ -138,14 +139,18 @@ static int tcf_dump_walker(struct tcf_hashinfo *hinfo, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			}
 			nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 			n_i++;
-			if (n_i >= TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO)
+			if (!(act_flags & TCA_FLAG_LARGE_DUMP_ON) &&
+			    n_i >= TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO)
 				goto done;
 		}
 	}
 done:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&hinfo->lock);
-	if (n_i)
+	if (n_i) {
 		cb->args[0] += n_i;
+		if (act_flags & TCA_FLAG_LARGE_DUMP_ON)
+			cb->args[1] = n_i;
+	}
 	return n_i;
 
 nla_put_failure:
@@ -1068,11 +1073,17 @@ static int tcf_action_add(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	return tcf_add_notify(net, n, &actions, portid);
 }
 
+static u32 tcaa_root_flags_allowed = TCA_FLAG_LARGE_DUMP_ON;
+static const struct nla_policy tcaa_policy[TCA_ROOT_MAX + 1] = {
+	[TCA_ROOT_FLAGS] = { .type = NLA_BITFIELD32,
+			     .validation_data = &tcaa_root_flags_allowed },
+};
+
 static int tc_ctl_action(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
-	struct nlattr *tca[TCAA_MAX + 1];
+	struct nlattr *tca[TCA_ROOT_MAX + 1];
 	u32 portid = skb ? NETLINK_CB(skb).portid : 0;
 	int ret = 0, ovr = 0;
 
@@ -1080,7 +1091,7 @@ static int tc_ctl_action(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 	    !netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	ret = nlmsg_parse(n, sizeof(struct tcamsg), tca, TCAA_MAX, NULL,
+	ret = nlmsg_parse(n, sizeof(struct tcamsg), tca, TCA_ROOT_MAX, NULL,
 			  extack);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -1121,16 +1132,12 @@ static int tc_ctl_action(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct nlattr *find_dump_kind(const struct nlmsghdr *n)
+static struct nlattr *find_dump_kind(struct nlattr **nla)
 {
 	struct nlattr *tb1, *tb2[TCA_ACT_MAX + 1];
 	struct nlattr *tb[TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO + 1];
-	struct nlattr *nla[TCAA_MAX + 1];
 	struct nlattr *kind;
 
-	if (nlmsg_parse(n, sizeof(struct tcamsg), nla, TCAA_MAX,
-			NULL, NULL) < 0)
-		return NULL;
 	tb1 = nla[TCA_ACT_TAB];
 	if (tb1 == NULL)
 		return NULL;
@@ -1157,8 +1164,18 @@ static int tc_dump_action(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	struct tc_action_ops *a_o;
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct tcamsg *t = (struct tcamsg *) nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
-	struct nlattr *kind = find_dump_kind(cb->nlh);
+	struct nlattr *tb[TCA_ROOT_MAX + 1];
+	struct nlattr *count_attr = NULL;
+	struct nlattr *kind = NULL;
+	struct nla_bitfield32 bf;
+	u32 act_count = 0;
+
+	ret = nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, sizeof(struct tcamsg), tb, TCA_ROOT_MAX,
+			  tcaa_policy, NULL);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
+	kind = find_dump_kind(tb);
 	if (kind == NULL) {
 		pr_info("tc_dump_action: action bad kind\n");
 		return 0;
@@ -1168,14 +1185,24 @@ static int tc_dump_action(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (a_o == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	cb->args[2] = 0;
+	if (tb[TCA_ROOT_FLAGS]) {
+		bf = nla_get_bitfield32(tb[TCA_ROOT_FLAGS]);
+		cb->args[2] = bf.value;
+	}
+
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid, cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 			cb->nlh->nlmsg_type, sizeof(*t), 0);
 	if (!nlh)
 		goto out_module_put;
+
 	t = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	t->tca_family = AF_UNSPEC;
 	t->tca__pad1 = 0;
 	t->tca__pad2 = 0;
+	count_attr = nla_reserve(skb, TCA_ROOT_COUNT, sizeof(u32));
+	if (!count_attr)
+		goto out_module_put;
 
 	nest = nla_nest_start(skb, TCA_ACT_TAB);
 	if (nest == NULL)
@@ -1188,6 +1215,9 @@ static int tc_dump_action(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 		ret = skb->len;
+		act_count = cb->args[1];
+		memcpy(nla_data(count_attr), &act_count, sizeof(u32));
+		cb->args[1] = 0;
 	} else
 		nlmsg_trim(skb, b);