diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index da042bc8b239dd312bec797abe480d2d49148f67..1ac8ff445a6d392e06b0adc02ec163614855de0c 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -716,12 +716,18 @@ static int u32_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp,
 			 struct nlattr *est, bool ovr,
 			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err, ifindex = -1;
 
 	err = tcf_exts_validate(net, tp, tb, est, &n->exts, ovr, true, extack);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
+	if (tb[TCA_U32_INDEV]) {
+		ifindex = tcf_change_indev(net, tb[TCA_U32_INDEV], extack);
+		if (ifindex < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (tb[TCA_U32_LINK]) {
 		u32 handle = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_U32_LINK]);
 		struct tc_u_hnode *ht_down = NULL, *ht_old;
@@ -756,13 +762,9 @@ static int u32_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp,
 		tcf_bind_filter(tp, &n->res, base);
 	}
 
-	if (tb[TCA_U32_INDEV]) {
-		int ret;
-		ret = tcf_change_indev(net, tb[TCA_U32_INDEV], extack);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		n->ifindex = ret;
-	}
+	if (ifindex >= 0)
+		n->ifindex = ifindex;
+
 	return 0;
 }