diff --git a/include/net/pkt_sched.h b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
index f5c1bee0cd6a..6d7b12cba015 100644
--- a/include/net/pkt_sched.h
+++ b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
@@ -128,12 +128,7 @@ void __qdisc_run(struct Qdisc *q);
 static inline void qdisc_run(struct Qdisc *q)
 {
 	if (qdisc_run_begin(q)) {
-		/* NOLOCK qdisc must check 'state' under the qdisc seqlock
-		 * to avoid racing with dev_qdisc_reset()
-		 */
-		if (!(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) ||
-		    likely(!test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED, &q->state)))
-			__qdisc_run(q);
+		__qdisc_run(q);
 		qdisc_run_end(q);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 222b1d322c96..d596cd746353 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5025,25 +5025,43 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_tx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 		sd->output_queue_tailp = &sd->output_queue;
 		local_irq_enable();
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
+
 		while (head) {
 			struct Qdisc *q = head;
 			spinlock_t *root_lock = NULL;
 
 			head = head->next_sched;
 
-			if (!(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK)) {
-				root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);
-				spin_lock(root_lock);
-			}
 			/* We need to make sure head->next_sched is read
 			 * before clearing __QDISC_STATE_SCHED
 			 */
 			smp_mb__before_atomic();
+
+			if (!(q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK)) {
+				root_lock = qdisc_lock(q);
+				spin_lock(root_lock);
+			} else if (unlikely(test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED,
+						     &q->state))) {
+				/* There is a synchronize_net() between
+				 * STATE_DEACTIVATED flag being set and
+				 * qdisc_reset()/some_qdisc_is_busy() in
+				 * dev_deactivate(), so we can safely bail out
+				 * early here to avoid data race between
+				 * qdisc_deactivate() and some_qdisc_is_busy()
+				 * for lockless qdisc.
+				 */
+				clear_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state);
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			clear_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state);
 			qdisc_run(q);
 			if (root_lock)
 				spin_unlock(root_lock);
 		}
+
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
 	xfrm_dev_backlog(sd);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 795d986e7030..d86c4cca2cab 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -1177,8 +1177,10 @@ static void dev_reset_queue(struct net_device *dev,
 	qdisc_reset(qdisc);
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(qdisc_lock(qdisc));
-	if (nolock)
+	if (nolock) {
+		clear_bit(__QDISC_STATE_MISSED, &qdisc->state);
 		spin_unlock_bh(&qdisc->seqlock);
+	}
 }
 
 static bool some_qdisc_is_busy(struct net_device *dev)