diff --git a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
index 040d853f48b9..3086df21a1c1 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
@@ -267,6 +267,25 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	cp->fall_through = p->fall_through;
 	cp->tp = tp;
 
+	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_HASH])
+		cp->hash = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_HASH]);
+
+	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_MASK])
+		cp->mask = nla_get_u16(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_MASK]);
+
+	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT])
+		cp->shift = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT]);
+
+	if (!cp->hash) {
+		/* Hash not specified, use perfect hash if the upper limit
+		 * of the hashing index is below the threshold.
+		 */
+		if ((cp->mask >> cp->shift) < PERFECT_HASH_THRESHOLD)
+			cp->hash = (cp->mask >> cp->shift) + 1;
+		else
+			cp->hash = DEFAULT_HASH_SIZE;
+	}
+
 	if (p->perfect) {
 		int i;
 
@@ -274,7 +293,7 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 				      sizeof(*r) * cp->hash, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!cp->perfect)
 			goto errout;
-		for (i = 0; i < cp->hash; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < min(cp->hash, p->hash); i++)
 			tcf_exts_init(&cp->perfect[i].exts,
 				      TCA_TCINDEX_ACT, TCA_TCINDEX_POLICE);
 		balloc = 1;
@@ -286,15 +305,6 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	if (old_r)
 		cr.res = r->res;
 
-	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_HASH])
-		cp->hash = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_HASH]);
-
-	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_MASK])
-		cp->mask = nla_get_u16(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_MASK]);
-
-	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT])
-		cp->shift = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT]);
-
 	err = -EBUSY;
 
 	/* Hash already allocated, make sure that we still meet the
@@ -312,16 +322,6 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_FALL_THROUGH])
 		cp->fall_through = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_FALL_THROUGH]);
 
-	if (!cp->hash) {
-		/* Hash not specified, use perfect hash if the upper limit
-		 * of the hashing index is below the threshold.
-		 */
-		if ((cp->mask >> cp->shift) < PERFECT_HASH_THRESHOLD)
-			cp->hash = (cp->mask >> cp->shift) + 1;
-		else
-			cp->hash = DEFAULT_HASH_SIZE;
-	}
-
 	if (!cp->perfect && !cp->h)
 		cp->alloc_hash = cp->hash;