diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 31284c078d06..e227475e78ca 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ struct Qdisc {
 
 	spinlock_t		busylock ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 	spinlock_t		seqlock;
+
+	/* for NOLOCK qdisc, true if there are no enqueued skbs */
+	bool			empty;
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 };
 
@@ -143,11 +146,19 @@ static inline bool qdisc_is_running(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 	return (raw_read_seqcount(&qdisc->running) & 1) ? true : false;
 }
 
+static inline bool qdisc_is_empty(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
+{
+	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK)
+		return qdisc->empty;
+	return !qdisc->q.qlen;
+}
+
 static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 {
 	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
 		if (!spin_trylock(&qdisc->seqlock))
 			return false;
+		qdisc->empty = false;
 	} else if (qdisc_is_running(qdisc)) {
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index a117d9260558..81356ef38d1d 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -671,6 +671,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *pfifo_fast_dequeue(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 		qdisc_qstats_cpu_backlog_dec(qdisc, skb);
 		qdisc_bstats_cpu_update(qdisc, skb);
 		qdisc_qstats_atomic_qlen_dec(qdisc);
+	} else {
+		qdisc->empty = true;
 	}
 
 	return skb;
@@ -880,6 +882,7 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 	sch->enqueue = ops->enqueue;
 	sch->dequeue = ops->dequeue;
 	sch->dev_queue = dev_queue;
+	sch->empty = true;
 	dev_hold(dev);
 	refcount_set(&sch->refcnt, 1);