diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 1c123e2b2415797e7d32a0248df817cb9fbcb0c9..67f815e5d52517390226bc3531b1ea7b5f1020bc 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -806,8 +806,11 @@ static inline struct Qdisc *qdisc_replace(struct Qdisc *sch, struct Qdisc *new,
 	old = *pold;
 	*pold = new;
 	if (old != NULL) {
-		qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(old, old->q.qlen, old->qstats.backlog);
+		unsigned int qlen = old->q.qlen;
+		unsigned int backlog = old->qstats.backlog;
+
 		qdisc_reset(old);
+		qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(old, qlen, backlog);
 	}
 	sch_tree_unlock(sch);