diff --git a/include/net/act_api.h b/include/net/act_api.h
index c48b750de2fc..79cc64f32966 100644
--- a/include/net/act_api.h
+++ b/include/net/act_api.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct tc_action {
 	struct gnet_stats_queue __percpu *cpu_qstats;
 	struct tc_cookie	__rcu *act_cookie;
 	struct tcf_chain	*goto_chain;
+	struct rcu_head         tcfa_rcu;
 };
 #define tcf_index	common.tcfa_index
 #define tcf_refcnt	common.tcfa_refcnt
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index ad0773b20d83..9241ed7a2dbf 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ static void tcf_set_action_cookie(struct tc_cookie __rcu **old_cookie,
 		call_rcu(&old->rcu, tcf_free_cookie_rcu);
 }
 
-/* XXX: For standalone actions, we don't need a RCU grace period either, because
- * actions are always connected to filters and filters are already destroyed in
- * RCU callbacks, so after a RCU grace period actions are already disconnected
- * from filters. Readers later can not find us.
- */
 static void free_tcf(struct tc_action *p)
 {
 	free_percpu(p->cpu_bstats);
@@ -87,7 +82,7 @@ static void free_tcf(struct tc_action *p)
 	if (p->goto_chain)
 		tcf_action_goto_chain_fini(p);
 
-	kfree(p);
+	kfree_rcu(p, tcfa_rcu);
 }
 
 static void tcf_action_cleanup(struct tc_action *p)