diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
index d59fbcc745d1..d67b2c40e6e6 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ static unsigned int fq_codel_drop(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned int max_packets,
 		__qdisc_drop(skb, to_free);
 	} while (++i < max_packets && len < threshold);
 
+	/* Tell codel to increase its signal strength also */
+	flow->cvars.count += i;
 	flow->dropped += i;
 	q->backlogs[idx] -= len;
 	q->memory_usage -= mem;