--- linux-2.6.11.6/net/sched/sch_api.c.orig	2005-03-29 01:20:18.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.11.6/net/sched/sch_api.c	2005-03-29 01:40:57.000000000 +0300
@@ -406,11 +406,24 @@ qdisc_create(struct net_device *dev, u32
 
 	ops = qdisc_lookup_ops(kind);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-	if (ops==NULL && tca[TCA_KIND-1] != NULL) {
+	if (ops==NULL && kind != NULL) {
 		char name[IFNAMSIZ];
 		if (rtattr_strlcpy(name, kind, IFNAMSIZ) < IFNAMSIZ) {
+			/* We dropped the RTNL semaphore in order to
+			 * perform the module load.  So, even if we
+			 * succeeded in loading the module we have to
+			 * tell the caller to replay the request.  We
+			 * indicate this using -EAGAIN.
+			 */
+			rtnl_unlock();
 			request_module("sch_%s", name);
+			rtnl_lock();
 			ops = qdisc_lookup_ops(kind);
+			if (ops != NULL) {
+				module_put(ops->owner);
+				err = -EAGAIN;
+				goto err_out;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 #endif
@@ -606,14 +619,19 @@ static int tc_get_qdisc(struct sk_buff *
 
 static int tc_modify_qdisc(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 {
-	struct tcmsg *tcm = NLMSG_DATA(n);
-	struct rtattr **tca = arg;
+	struct tcmsg *tcm;
+	struct rtattr **tca;
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	u32 clid = tcm->tcm_parent;
-	struct Qdisc *q = NULL;
-	struct Qdisc *p = NULL;
+	u32 clid;
+	struct Qdisc *q, *p;
 	int err;
 
+	replay:
+	tcm = NLMSG_DATA(n);
+	tca = arg;
+	clid = tcm->tcm_parent;
+	q = p = NULL;
+
 	if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(tcm->tcm_ifindex)) == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -707,8 +725,14 @@ create_n_graft:
 		q = qdisc_create(dev, tcm->tcm_parent, tca, &err);
         else
 		q = qdisc_create(dev, tcm->tcm_handle, tca, &err);
-	if (q == NULL)
+	if (q == NULL) {
+		if (err == -EAGAIN) {
+			/* Replay the request */
+			dev_put(dev);
+			goto replay;
+		}
 		return err;
+	}
 
 graft:
 	if (1) {