diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index cab9e9b..ac5e0ad 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -495,6 +495,20 @@ static bool u32_destroy(struct tcf_proto *tp, bool force)
 	if (root_ht && --root_ht->refcnt == 0)
 		u32_destroy_hnode(tp, root_ht);
 
+	if (!force) {
+		struct tc_u_hnode *ht;
+
+		if (tp_c->refcnt > 1)
+			return false;
+		if (tp_c->refcnt == 1) {
+			for (ht = rtnl_dereference(tp_c->hlist);
+			     ht;
+			     ht = rtnl_dereference(ht->next))
+				if (!ht_empty(ht))
+					return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (--tp_c->refcnt == 0) {
 		struct tc_u_hnode *ht;