u32 quantum;
        int err;
 
-       if (!opt)
+       if (!opt) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "DRR options are required for this operation");
                return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
-       err = nla_parse_nested(tb, TCA_DRR_MAX, opt, drr_policy, NULL);
+       err = nla_parse_nested(tb, TCA_DRR_MAX, opt, drr_policy, extack);
        if (err < 0)
                return err;
 
        if (tb[TCA_DRR_QUANTUM]) {
                quantum = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_DRR_QUANTUM]);
-               if (quantum == 0)
+               if (quantum == 0) {
+                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Specified DRR quantum cannot be zero");
                        return -EINVAL;
+               }
        } else
                quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
 
                                                    NULL,
                                                    qdisc_root_sleeping_running(sch),
                                                    tca[TCA_RATE]);
-                       if (err)
+                       if (err) {
+                               NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Failed to replace estimator");
                                return err;
+                       }
                }
 
                sch_tree_lock(sch);
                                            qdisc_root_sleeping_running(sch),
                                            tca[TCA_RATE]);
                if (err) {
+                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Failed to replace estimator");
                        qdisc_destroy(cl->qdisc);
                        kfree(cl);
                        return err;
 {
        struct drr_sched *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 
-       if (cl)
+       if (cl) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "DRR classid must be zero");
                return NULL;
+       }
 
        return q->block;
 }