diff --git a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
index eed8404443d8..f435a88d899a 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ static const struct nla_policy tcindex_policy[TCA_TCINDEX_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TCA_TCINDEX_CLASSID]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
+static void tcindex_filter_result_init(struct tcindex_filter_result *r)
+{
+	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
+	tcf_exts_init(&r->exts, TCA_TCINDEX_ACT, TCA_TCINDEX_POLICE);
+}
+
 static int
 tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 		  u32 handle, struct tcindex_data *p,
@@ -207,15 +213,11 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 		return err;
 
 	memcpy(&cp, p, sizeof(cp));
-	memset(&new_filter_result, 0, sizeof(new_filter_result));
-	tcf_exts_init(&new_filter_result.exts, TCA_TCINDEX_ACT, TCA_TCINDEX_POLICE);
+	tcindex_filter_result_init(&new_filter_result);
 
+	tcindex_filter_result_init(&cr);
 	if (old_r)
-		memcpy(&cr, r, sizeof(cr));
-	else {
-		memset(&cr, 0, sizeof(cr));
-		tcf_exts_init(&cr.exts, TCA_TCINDEX_ACT, TCA_TCINDEX_POLICE);
-	}
+		cr.res = r->res;
 
 	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_HASH])
 		cp.hash = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_HASH]);
@@ -267,9 +269,14 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	if (!cp.perfect && !cp.h) {
 		if (valid_perfect_hash(&cp)) {
+			int i;
+
 			cp.perfect = kcalloc(cp.hash, sizeof(*r), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!cp.perfect)
 				goto errout;
+			for (i = 0; i < cp.hash; i++)
+				tcf_exts_init(&cp.perfect[i].exts, TCA_TCINDEX_ACT,
+					      TCA_TCINDEX_POLICE);
 			balloc = 1;
 		} else {
 			cp.h = kcalloc(cp.hash, sizeof(f), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -295,14 +302,17 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 		tcf_bind_filter(tp, &cr.res, base);
 	}
 
-	tcf_exts_change(tp, &cr.exts, &e);
+	if (old_r)
+		tcf_exts_change(tp, &r->exts, &e);
+	else
+		tcf_exts_change(tp, &cr.exts, &e);
 
 	tcf_tree_lock(tp);
 	if (old_r && old_r != r)
-		memset(old_r, 0, sizeof(*old_r));
+		tcindex_filter_result_init(old_r);
 
 	memcpy(p, &cp, sizeof(cp));
-	memcpy(r, &cr, sizeof(cr));
+	r->res = cr.res;
 
 	if (r == &new_filter_result) {
 		struct tcindex_filter **fp;