diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index 23d95db99121378fb349d99dd7f0c4b1ab4680ed..9c92978c8684aa62b143ec9d07b99addc96b2b0f 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -778,11 +778,22 @@ static int u32_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp,
 			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	int err;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_IND
+	int ifindex = -1;
+#endif
 
 	err = tcf_exts_validate(net, tp, tb, est, &n->exts, ovr, extack);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_IND
+	if (tb[TCA_U32_INDEV]) {
+		ifindex = tcf_change_indev(net, tb[TCA_U32_INDEV], extack);
+		if (ifindex < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (tb[TCA_U32_LINK]) {
 		u32 handle = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_U32_LINK]);
 		struct tc_u_hnode *ht_down = NULL, *ht_old;
@@ -814,13 +825,8 @@ static int u32_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp,
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_IND
-	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;
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }