diff --git a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
index 1c9eeb98d826..3f4e7a6cdd96 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
@@ -478,14 +478,6 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 		tcf_bind_filter(tp, &cr, base);
 	}
 
-	if (old_r && old_r != r) {
-		err = tcindex_filter_result_init(old_r, cp, net);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			kfree(f);
-			goto errout_alloc;
-		}
-	}
-
 	oldp = p;
 	r->res = cr;
 	tcf_exts_change(&r->exts, &e);