diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index 8c85f61e98ddad826868b7a81f527cbfb7e2fdb1..8d8bc2ec5cd6281d811fd5d8a5c5211ebb0edd73 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -477,11 +477,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *taprio_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	u32 gate_mask;
 	int i;
 
-	if (atomic64_read(&q->picos_per_byte) == -1) {
-		WARN_ONCE(1, "taprio: dequeue() called with unknown picos per byte.");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	entry = rcu_dereference(q->current_entry);
 	/* if there's no entry, it means that the schedule didn't
@@ -958,12 +953,20 @@ static void taprio_set_picos_per_byte(struct net_device *dev,
 				      struct taprio_sched *q)
 {
 	struct ethtool_link_ksettings ecmd;
-	int picos_per_byte = -1;
+	int speed = SPEED_10;
+	int picos_per_byte;
+	int err;
+
+	err = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ecmd);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto skip;
+
+	if (ecmd.base.speed != SPEED_UNKNOWN)
+		speed = ecmd.base.speed;
 
-	if (!__ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ecmd) &&
-	    ecmd.base.speed != SPEED_UNKNOWN)
-		picos_per_byte = div64_s64(NSEC_PER_SEC * 1000LL * 8,
-					   ecmd.base.speed * 1000 * 1000);
+skip:
+	picos_per_byte = div64_s64(NSEC_PER_SEC * 1000LL * 8,
+				   speed * 1000 * 1000);
 
 	atomic64_set(&q->picos_per_byte, picos_per_byte);
 	netdev_dbg(dev, "taprio: set %s's picos_per_byte to: %lld, linkspeed: %d\n",