diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index a3bab5e27e71..8f83c9eda8e3 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -2263,6 +2263,8 @@ static int tc_new_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 	cl = 0;
 	block = NULL;
 	q = NULL;
+	q = NULL;
+	chain = NULL;
 	chain = NULL;
 	flags = 0;