diff --git a/net/sched/act_bpf.c b/net/sched/act_bpf.c
index 3c0468f2aae6..3841156aa09f 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_bpf.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_bpf.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 #include <net/pkt_sched.h>
+#include <net/pkt_cls.h>
 
 #include <linux/tc_act/tc_bpf.h>
 #include <net/tc_act/tc_bpf.h>
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ static int tcf_bpf_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 {
 	struct tc_action_net *tn = net_generic(net, bpf_net_id);
 	struct nlattr *tb[TCA_ACT_BPF_MAX + 1];
+	struct tcf_chain *goto_ch = NULL;
 	struct tcf_bpf_cfg cfg, old;
 	struct tc_act_bpf *parm;
 	struct tcf_bpf *prog;
@@ -323,12 +325,16 @@ static int tcf_bpf_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	ret = tcf_action_check_ctrlact(parm->action, tp, &goto_ch, extack);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto release_idr;
+
 	is_bpf = tb[TCA_ACT_BPF_OPS_LEN] && tb[TCA_ACT_BPF_OPS];
 	is_ebpf = tb[TCA_ACT_BPF_FD];
 
 	if ((!is_bpf && !is_ebpf) || (is_bpf && is_ebpf)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		goto put_chain;
 	}
 
 	memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(cfg));
@@ -336,7 +342,7 @@ static int tcf_bpf_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	ret = is_bpf ? tcf_bpf_init_from_ops(tb, &cfg) :
 		       tcf_bpf_init_from_efd(tb, &cfg);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
+		goto put_chain;
 
 	prog = to_bpf(*act);
 
@@ -350,10 +356,13 @@ static int tcf_bpf_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	if (cfg.bpf_num_ops)
 		prog->bpf_num_ops = cfg.bpf_num_ops;
 
-	prog->tcf_action = parm->action;
+	goto_ch = tcf_action_set_ctrlact(*act, parm->action, goto_ch);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(prog->filter, cfg.filter);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&prog->tcf_lock);
 
+	if (goto_ch)
+		tcf_chain_put_by_act(goto_ch);
+
 	if (res == ACT_P_CREATED) {
 		tcf_idr_insert(tn, *act);
 	} else {
@@ -363,9 +372,13 @@ static int tcf_bpf_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	}
 
 	return res;
-out:
-	tcf_idr_release(*act, bind);
 
+put_chain:
+	if (goto_ch)
+		tcf_chain_put_by_act(goto_ch);
+
+release_idr:
+	tcf_idr_release(*act, bind);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/actions/bpf.json b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/actions/bpf.json
index 5970cee6d05f..b074ea9b6fe8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/actions/bpf.json
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/actions/bpf.json
@@ -286,5 +286,30 @@
         "teardown": [
             "$TC action flush action bpf"
         ]
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "b8a1",
+        "name": "Replace bpf action with invalid goto_chain control",
+        "category": [
+            "actions",
+            "bpf"
+        ],
+        "setup": [
+            [
+                "$TC actions flush action bpf",
+                0,
+                1,
+                255
+            ],
+            "$TC action add action bpf bytecode '1,6 0 0 4294967295' pass index 90"
+        ],
+        "cmdUnderTest": "$TC action replace action bpf bytecode '1,6 0 0 4294967295' goto chain 42 index 90 cookie c1a0c1a0",
+        "expExitCode": "255",
+        "verifyCmd": "$TC action list action bpf",
+        "matchPattern": "action order [0-9]*: bpf.* default-action pass.*index 90",
+        "matchCount": "1",
+        "teardown": [
+            "$TC action flush action bpf"
+        ]
     }
 ]