diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index c029ffd491c1..0b4deb33bdf7 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -569,7 +569,6 @@ int tcf_idr_check_alloc(struct tc_action_net *tn, u32 *index,
 	u32 max;
 
 	if (*index) {
-again:
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		p = idr_find(&idrinfo->action_idr, *index);
 
@@ -578,7 +577,7 @@ again:
 			 * index but did not assign the pointer yet.
 			 */
 			rcu_read_unlock();
-			goto again;
+			return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
 		if (!p) {