static int basic_delete(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long arg)
 {
-       struct basic_head *head = rtnl_dereference(tp->root);
-       struct basic_filter *t, *f = (struct basic_filter *) arg;
-
-       list_for_each_entry(t, &head->flist, link)
-               if (t == f) {
-                       list_del_rcu(&t->link);
-                       tcf_unbind_filter(tp, &t->res);
-                       call_rcu(&t->rcu, basic_delete_filter);
-                       return 0;
-               }
+       struct basic_filter *f = (struct basic_filter *) arg;
 
-       return -ENOENT;
+       list_del_rcu(&f->link);
+       tcf_unbind_filter(tp, &f->res);
+       call_rcu(&f->rcu, basic_delete_filter);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy basic_policy[TCA_BASIC_MAX + 1] = {