diff --git a/net/sched/sch_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_codel.c
index dddf3bb65a32..c5bc424e3b3c 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_codel.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int codel_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 		dropped += qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
 		qdisc_qstats_backlog_dec(sch, skb);
-		qdisc_drop(skb, sch);
+		rtnl_qdisc_drop(skb, sch);
 	}
 	qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, qlen - sch->q.qlen, dropped);