diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index abe1fe13ae5405c2402f083156c5b7345acc5ac8..732f7cae459d4656aa8d69020f44a66abb501f34 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ static int tc_ctl_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n)
 				       RTM_DELTFILTER, false);
 			if (tcf_proto_destroy(tp, false))
 				RCU_INIT_POINTER(*back, next);
+			goto errout;
 		case RTM_GETTFILTER:
 			err = tfilter_notify(net, skb, n, tp, fh,
 					     RTM_NEWTFILTER, true);