diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 9966766661d5..c47d2ee13641 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -3254,7 +3254,7 @@ static int tc_ctl_chain(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 	tcf_chain_put(chain);
 errout_block:
 	tcf_block_release(q, block, true);
-	if (err == -EAGAIN)
+	if (err == -EAGAIN && n->nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWCHAIN)
 		/* Replay the request. */
 		goto replay;
 	return err;