struct flow_filter *fold, *fnew;
        struct nlattr *opt = tca[TCA_OPTIONS];
        struct nlattr *tb[TCA_FLOW_MAX + 1];
-       struct tcf_exts e;
        unsigned int nkeys = 0;
        unsigned int perturb_period = 0;
        u32 baseclass = 0;
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        }
 
-       err = tcf_exts_init(&e, TCA_FLOW_ACT, TCA_FLOW_POLICE);
-       if (err < 0)
-               goto err1;
-       err = tcf_exts_validate(net, tp, tb, tca[TCA_RATE], &e, ovr);
-       if (err < 0)
-               goto err1;
-
-       err = -ENOBUFS;
        fnew = kzalloc(sizeof(*fnew), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!fnew)
-               goto err1;
+               return -ENOBUFS;
 
        err = tcf_em_tree_validate(tp, tb[TCA_FLOW_EMATCHES], &fnew->ematches);
        if (err < 0)
-               goto err2;
+               goto err1;
 
        err = tcf_exts_init(&fnew->exts, TCA_FLOW_ACT, TCA_FLOW_POLICE);
        if (err < 0)
-               goto err3;
+               goto err2;
+
+       err = tcf_exts_validate(net, tp, tb, tca[TCA_RATE], &fnew->exts, ovr);
+       if (err < 0)
+               goto err2;
 
        fold = (struct flow_filter *)*arg;
        if (fold) {
                err = -EINVAL;
                if (fold->handle != handle && handle)
-                       goto err3;
+                       goto err2;
 
                /* Copy fold into fnew */
                fnew->tp = fold->tp;
                if (tb[TCA_FLOW_MODE])
                        mode = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_MODE]);
                if (mode != FLOW_MODE_HASH && nkeys > 1)
-                       goto err3;
+                       goto err2;
 
                if (mode == FLOW_MODE_HASH)
                        perturb_period = fold->perturb_period;
                if (tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) {
                        if (mode != FLOW_MODE_HASH)
-                               goto err3;
+                               goto err2;
                        perturb_period = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) * HZ;
                }
        } else {
                err = -EINVAL;
                if (!handle)
-                       goto err3;
+                       goto err2;
                if (!tb[TCA_FLOW_KEYS])
-                       goto err3;
+                       goto err2;
 
                mode = FLOW_MODE_MAP;
                if (tb[TCA_FLOW_MODE])
                        mode = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_MODE]);
                if (mode != FLOW_MODE_HASH && nkeys > 1)
-                       goto err3;
+                       goto err2;
 
                if (tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) {
                        if (mode != FLOW_MODE_HASH)
-                               goto err3;
+                               goto err2;
                        perturb_period = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) * HZ;
                }
 
        setup_deferrable_timer(&fnew->perturb_timer, flow_perturbation,
                               (unsigned long)fnew);
 
-       tcf_exts_change(tp, &fnew->exts, &e);
-
        netif_keep_dst(qdisc_dev(tp->q));
 
        if (tb[TCA_FLOW_KEYS]) {
                call_rcu(&fold->rcu, flow_destroy_filter);
        return 0;
 
-err3:
+err2:
        tcf_exts_destroy(&fnew->exts);
        tcf_em_tree_destroy(&fnew->ematches);
-err2:
-       kfree(fnew);
 err1:
-       tcf_exts_destroy(&e);
+       kfree(fnew);
        return err;
 }