diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 39da0c5801c908e28c4e258319adefde836c6b0c..9fd44c22134783edf3db4f62ff1e8184c455cbd7 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void tcf_chain_flush(struct tcf_chain *chain)
 {
 	struct tcf_proto *tp;
 
-	if (*chain->p_filter_chain)
+	if (chain->p_filter_chain)
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(*chain->p_filter_chain, NULL);
 	while ((tp = rtnl_dereference(chain->filter_chain)) != NULL) {
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(chain->filter_chain, tp->next);