diff --git a/net/sched/sch_prio.c b/net/sched/sch_prio.c
index 18b884cfdfe8..647941702f9f 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_prio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_prio.c
@@ -292,8 +292,14 @@ static int prio_graft(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned long arg, struct Qdisc *new,
 	struct tc_prio_qopt_offload graft_offload;
 	unsigned long band = arg - 1;
 
-	if (new == NULL)
-		new = &noop_qdisc;
+	if (!new) {
+		new = qdisc_create_dflt(sch->dev_queue, &pfifo_qdisc_ops,
+					TC_H_MAKE(sch->handle, arg), extack);
+		if (!new)
+			new = &noop_qdisc;
+		else
+			qdisc_hash_add(new, true);
+	}
 
 	*old = qdisc_replace(sch, new, &q->queues[band]);