diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 2d41c5b21b487c194280d8f9610f23e4e9d06341..1a67af8a6e8ce93bc9821804567d738b4d4547e5 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static int tc_del_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 			goto errout;
 		}
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Cannot find specified filter chain");
-		err = -EINVAL;
+		err = -ENOENT;
 		goto errout;
 	}