diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index adeabaec0d0b8b..a13c15e8f08782 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,8 @@ static struct Qdisc *qdisc_create(struct net_device *dev,
 
 		return sch;
 	}
+	/* ops->init() failed, we call ->destroy() like qdisc_create_dflt() */
+	ops->destroy(sch);
 err_out3:
 	dev_put(dev);
 	kfree((char *) sch - sch->padded);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_hhf.c b/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
index e3d0458af17ba3..2fae8b5f1b80c0 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_hhf.c
@@ -627,7 +627,9 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 			q->hhf_arrays[i] = hhf_zalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN *
 						      sizeof(u32));
 			if (!q->hhf_arrays[i]) {
-				hhf_destroy(sch);
+				/* Note: hhf_destroy() will be called
+				 * by our caller.
+				 */
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 		}
@@ -638,7 +640,9 @@ static int hhf_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 			q->hhf_valid_bits[i] = hhf_zalloc(HHF_ARRAYS_LEN /
 							  BITS_PER_BYTE);
 			if (!q->hhf_valid_bits[i]) {
-				hhf_destroy(sch);
+				/* Note: hhf_destroy() will be called
+				 * by our caller.
+				 */
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mq.c b/net/sched/sch_mq.c
index 2bc8d7f8df1610..20b7f1646f6927 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mq.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int mq_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	/* pre-allocate qdiscs, attachment can't fail */
 	priv->qdiscs = kcalloc(dev->num_tx_queues, sizeof(priv->qdiscs[0]),
 			       GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (priv->qdiscs == NULL)
+	if (!priv->qdiscs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (ntx = 0; ntx < dev->num_tx_queues; ntx++) {
@@ -60,18 +60,14 @@ static int mq_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 		qdisc = qdisc_create_dflt(dev_queue, get_default_qdisc_ops(dev, ntx),
 					  TC_H_MAKE(TC_H_MAJ(sch->handle),
 						    TC_H_MIN(ntx + 1)));
-		if (qdisc == NULL)
-			goto err;
+		if (!qdisc)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		priv->qdiscs[ntx] = qdisc;
 		qdisc->flags |= TCQ_F_ONETXQUEUE | TCQ_F_NOPARENT;
 	}
 
 	sch->flags |= TCQ_F_MQROOT;
 	return 0;
-
-err:
-	mq_destroy(sch);
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static void mq_attach(struct Qdisc *sch)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
index b5c502c781439c..922683418e5385 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
@@ -118,10 +118,8 @@ static int mqprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	/* pre-allocate qdisc, attachment can't fail */
 	priv->qdiscs = kcalloc(dev->num_tx_queues, sizeof(priv->qdiscs[0]),
 			       GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (priv->qdiscs == NULL) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err;
-	}
+	if (!priv->qdiscs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
 		dev_queue = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
@@ -129,10 +127,9 @@ static int mqprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 					  get_default_qdisc_ops(dev, i),
 					  TC_H_MAKE(TC_H_MAJ(sch->handle),
 						    TC_H_MIN(i + 1)));
-		if (qdisc == NULL) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err;
-		}
+		if (!qdisc)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		priv->qdiscs[i] = qdisc;
 		qdisc->flags |= TCQ_F_ONETXQUEUE | TCQ_F_NOPARENT;
 	}
@@ -148,7 +145,7 @@ static int mqprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 		priv->hw_owned = 1;
 		err = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc(dev, sch->handle, 0, &tc);
 		if (err)
-			goto err;
+			return err;
 	} else {
 		netdev_set_num_tc(dev, qopt->num_tc);
 		for (i = 0; i < qopt->num_tc; i++)
@@ -162,10 +159,6 @@ static int mqprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 	sch->flags |= TCQ_F_MQROOT;
 	return 0;
-
-err:
-	mqprio_destroy(sch);
-	return err;
 }
 
 static void mqprio_attach(struct Qdisc *sch)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
index 83d06e251b93cd..42e8c8615e6563 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -743,9 +743,10 @@ static int sfq_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	q->ht = sfq_alloc(sizeof(q->ht[0]) * q->divisor);
 	q->slots = sfq_alloc(sizeof(q->slots[0]) * q->maxflows);
 	if (!q->ht || !q->slots) {
-		sfq_destroy(sch);
+		/* Note: sfq_destroy() will be called by our caller */
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < q->divisor; i++)
 		q->ht[i] = SFQ_EMPTY_SLOT;