diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index 079b43b3c5d24dc5eaf7bc5e7b7d0d4d0c672ca2..fe05449537a3b023f73d7c2899d62768302d4eff 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -457,20 +457,21 @@ static int u32_replace_hw_hnode(struct tcf_proto *tp,
 	struct tc_to_netdev offload;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!tc_should_offload(dev, flags))
+		return tc_skip_sw(flags) ? -EINVAL : 0;
+
 	offload.type = TC_SETUP_CLSU32;
 	offload.cls_u32 = &u32_offload;
 
-	if (tc_should_offload(dev, flags)) {
-		offload.cls_u32->command = TC_CLSU32_NEW_HNODE;
-		offload.cls_u32->hnode.divisor = h->divisor;
-		offload.cls_u32->hnode.handle = h->handle;
-		offload.cls_u32->hnode.prio = h->prio;
+	offload.cls_u32->command = TC_CLSU32_NEW_HNODE;
+	offload.cls_u32->hnode.divisor = h->divisor;
+	offload.cls_u32->hnode.handle = h->handle;
+	offload.cls_u32->hnode.prio = h->prio;
 
-		err = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc(dev, tp->q->handle,
-						    tp->protocol, &offload);
-		if (tc_skip_sw(flags))
-			return err;
-	}
+	err = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc(dev, tp->q->handle,
+					    tp->protocol, &offload);
+	if (tc_skip_sw(flags))
+		return err;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -863,7 +864,7 @@ static int u32_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 	if (tb[TCA_U32_FLAGS]) {
 		flags = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_U32_FLAGS]);
 		if (!tc_flags_valid(flags))
-			return err;
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	n = (struct tc_u_knode *)*arg;