diff --git a/net/sched/cls_route.c b/net/sched/cls_route.c
index a35ab8c27866..3917b84700b4 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_route.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_route.c
@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ static int route4_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 			     fp = &pfp->next, pfp = rtnl_dereference(*fp)) {
 				if (pfp == fold) {
 					rcu_assign_pointer(*fp, fold->next);
+					tcf_unbind_filter(tp, &fold->res);
+					tcf_exts_get_net(&fold->exts);
+					tcf_queue_work(&fold->rwork, route4_delete_filter_work);
 					break;
 				}
 			}
@@ -544,11 +547,6 @@ static int route4_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 
 	route4_reset_fastmap(head);
 	*arg = f;
-	if (fold) {
-		tcf_unbind_filter(tp, &fold->res);
-		tcf_exts_get_net(&fold->exts);
-		tcf_queue_work(&fold->rwork, route4_delete_filter_work);
-	}
 	return 0;
 
 errout: