diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index a9aadc4e6858..2b865bf72d38 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ void mini_qdisc_pair_swap(struct mini_Qdisc_pair *miniqp,
 		rcu_assign_pointer(*miniqp->p_miniq, miniq);
 	}
 
-	if (miniq_old)
+	if (miniq_old == &miniqp->miniq1 || miniq_old == &miniqp->miniq2)
 		/* This is counterpart of the rcu sync above. We need to
 		 * block potential new user of miniq_old until all readers
 		 * are not seeing it.