diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 34c508675041..fce522886099 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -1596,12 +1596,12 @@ static int tca_get_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *actions[],
 	if (tcf_action_dump(skb, actions, bind, ref, false) < 0)
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
 
+	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
+
 	if (extack && extack->_msg &&
 	    nla_put_string(skb, TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG, extack->_msg))
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
 
-	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
-
 	nlh->nlmsg_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - b;
 
 	return skb->len;