1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 69cb848e8345..4adbce8f8314 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ u32 tcf_hash_new_index(u32 *idx_gen, struct tcf_hashinfo *hinfo)
                         val = 1;
         } while (tcf_hash_lookup(val, hinfo));
 
-        return (*idx_gen = val);
+        *idx_gen = val;
+        return val;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcf_hash_new_index);