diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index e4a5f2607ffa..cce6986d5bc2 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -754,16 +754,6 @@ static struct tc_action *tcf_action_get_1(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static void cleanup_a(struct list_head *actions)
-{
-	struct tc_action *a, *tmp;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(a, tmp, actions, list) {
-		list_del(&a->list);
-		kfree(a);
-	}
-}
-
 static int tca_action_flush(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 			    struct nlmsghdr *n, u32 portid)
 {
@@ -905,7 +895,7 @@ tca_action_gd(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 		return ret;
 	}
 err:
-	cleanup_a(&actions);
+	tcf_action_destroy(&actions, 0);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -942,15 +932,9 @@ tcf_action_add(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 
 	ret = tcf_action_init(net, nla, NULL, NULL, ovr, 0, &actions);
 	if (ret)
-		goto done;
+		return ret;
 
-	/* dump then free all the actions after update; inserted policy
-	 * stays intact
-	 */
-	ret = tcf_add_notify(net, n, &actions, portid);
-	cleanup_a(&actions);
-done:
-	return ret;
+	return tcf_add_notify(net, n, &actions, portid);
 }
 
 static int tc_ctl_action(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n)