diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 917570fe6760..dadad5e23033 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -916,6 +916,8 @@ 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);
 err_out3:
 	dev_put(dev);
 	kfree((char *) sch - sch->padded);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mq.c b/net/sched/sch_mq.c
index 5da78a19ac9a..383cdc0af2b1 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, &pfifo_fast_ops,
 					  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;
 	}
 
 	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 accec33c454c..7e7a75c42f07 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
@@ -117,20 +117,17 @@ 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);
 		qdisc = qdisc_create_dflt(dev_queue, &pfifo_fast_ops,
 					  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;
 	}
@@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ static int mqprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 		priv->hw_owned = 1;
 		err = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc(dev, qopt->num_tc);
 		if (err)
-			goto err;
+			return err;
 	} else {
 		netdev_set_num_tc(dev, qopt->num_tc);
 		for (i = 0; i < qopt->num_tc; i++)
@@ -157,10 +154,6 @@ 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)