diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 35ed0d8c53b0..6d340cd6e2a7 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,8 @@ qdisc_create(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 		return sch;
 	}
 	/* ops->init() failed, we call ->destroy() like qdisc_create_dflt() */
-	ops->destroy(sch);
+	if (ops->destroy)
+		ops->destroy(sch);
 err_out3:
 	dev_put(dev);
 	kfree((char *) sch - sch->padded);