diff --git a/include/net/act_api.h b/include/net/act_api.h
index 05b568b92e59..4dabe4730f00 100644
--- a/include/net/act_api.h
+++ b/include/net/act_api.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ int tcf_idr_search(struct tc_action_net *tn, struct tc_action **a, u32 index);
 int tcf_idr_create(struct tc_action_net *tn, u32 index, struct nlattr *est,
 		   struct tc_action **a, const struct tc_action_ops *ops,
 		   int bind, bool cpustats);
+void tcf_idr_insert_many(struct tc_action *actions[]);
 void tcf_idr_cleanup(struct tc_action_net *tn, u32 index);
 int tcf_idr_check_alloc(struct tc_action_net *tn, u32 *index,
 			struct tc_action **a, int bind);
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 1dc642b11443..43c10a85e881 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy tcf_action_policy[TCA_ACT_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TCA_ACT_OPTIONS]	= { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 };
 
-static void tcf_idr_insert_many(struct tc_action *actions[])
+void tcf_idr_insert_many(struct tc_action *actions[])
 {
 	int i;
 
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index d7604417367d..83e5a8aa2fb1 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -3026,6 +3026,7 @@ int tcf_exts_validate(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, struct nlattr **tb,
 			act->type = exts->type = TCA_OLD_COMPAT;
 			exts->actions[0] = act;
 			exts->nr_actions = 1;
+			tcf_idr_insert_many(exts->actions);
 		} else if (exts->action && tb[exts->action]) {
 			int err;