diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index bd96fd261dba3efc7f888d97140287712ea79f0f..4e15913e7519e0e2fd2150dfd3ba3edde4abfdd7 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -1116,10 +1116,13 @@ static void dev_deactivate_queue(struct net_device *dev,
 				 void *_qdisc_default)
 {
 	struct Qdisc *qdisc = rtnl_dereference(dev_queue->qdisc);
+	struct Qdisc *qdisc_default = _qdisc_default;
 
 	if (qdisc) {
 		if (!(qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_BUILTIN))
 			set_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED, &qdisc->state);
+
+		rcu_assign_pointer(dev_queue->qdisc, qdisc_default);
 	}
 }