diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 075118c2cd754c33b523faff2e73dfb8e4374809..966e08cf3afcc401ec4fc506b2a2536b5d2faef2 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -1397,8 +1397,8 @@ void tcf_block_put(struct tcf_block *block)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcf_block_put);
 
-void (* const tmplt_reoffload)(struct tcf_chain *chain, bool add,
-			       flow_setup_cb_t *cb, void *cb_priv);
+void (*tmplt_reoffload)(struct tcf_chain *chain, bool add,
+			flow_setup_cb_t *cb, void *cb_priv);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tmplt_reoffload);
 
 static void cls_tmplt_reoffload(struct tcf_chain *chain, bool add,
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flower.c b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
index 1c273b8abf4defddb45f64e512cc6bb95de20f56..7ddc58059ead63cc72973c242a3fc65aea737c02 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flower.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ static int fl_init(struct tcf_proto *tp)
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tp->root, head);
 	idr_init(&head->handle_idr);
 
-	tmplt_reoffload = &fl_tmplt_reoffload;
-
 	return rhashtable_init(&head->ht, &mask_ht_params);
 }
 
@@ -596,8 +594,6 @@ static void fl_destroy(struct tcf_proto *tp, bool rtnl_held,
 
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	tcf_queue_work(&head->rwork, fl_destroy_sleepable);
-
-	tmplt_reoffload = NULL;
 }
 
 static void fl_put(struct tcf_proto *tp, void *arg)
@@ -3240,6 +3236,7 @@ static struct tcf_proto_ops cls_fl_ops __read_mostly = {
 
 static int __init cls_fl_init(void)
 {
+	tmplt_reoffload = &fl_tmplt_reoffload;
 	return register_tcf_proto_ops(&cls_fl_ops);
 }