diff --git a/net/sched/sch_pie.c b/net/sched/sch_pie.c
index 71ae3b9629f9..912a46a5d02e 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_pie.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_pie.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int pie_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 
 		dropped += qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
 		qdisc_qstats_backlog_dec(sch, skb);
-		qdisc_drop(skb, sch);
+		rtnl_qdisc_drop(skb, sch);
 	}
 	qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, qlen - sch->q.qlen, dropped);