diff --git a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
index eb0e9458e722..ee2a050c887b 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 		  struct tcindex_filter_result *r, struct nlattr **tb,
 		  struct nlattr *est, u32 flags, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	struct tcindex_filter_result new_filter_result, *old_r = r;
+	struct tcindex_filter_result new_filter_result;
 	struct tcindex_data *cp = NULL, *oldp;
 	struct tcindex_filter *f = NULL; /* make gcc behave */
 	struct tcf_result cr = {};
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	err = tcindex_filter_result_init(&new_filter_result, cp, net);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto errout_alloc;
-	if (old_r)
+	if (r)
 		cr = r->res;
 
 	err = -EBUSY;
@@ -479,14 +479,6 @@ 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);