diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 144f264ea394..fceddf89592a 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ struct tcf_proto_ops {
 	int			(*delete)(struct tcf_proto *tp, void *arg,
 					  bool *last, bool rtnl_held,
 					  struct netlink_ext_ack *);
+	bool			(*delete_empty)(struct tcf_proto *tp);
 	void			(*walk)(struct tcf_proto *tp,
 					struct tcf_walker *arg, bool rtnl_held);
 	int			(*reoffload)(struct tcf_proto *tp, bool add,
@@ -336,6 +337,10 @@ struct tcf_proto_ops {
 	int			flags;
 };
 
+/* Classifiers setting TCF_PROTO_OPS_DOIT_UNLOCKED in tcf_proto_ops->flags
+ * are expected to implement tcf_proto_ops->delete_empty(), otherwise race
+ * conditions can occur when filters are inserted/deleted simultaneously.
+ */
 enum tcf_proto_ops_flags {
 	TCF_PROTO_OPS_DOIT_UNLOCKED = 1,
 };
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 6a0eacafdb19..76e0d122616a 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -308,33 +308,12 @@ static void tcf_proto_put(struct tcf_proto *tp, bool rtnl_held,
 		tcf_proto_destroy(tp, rtnl_held, true, extack);
 }
 
-static int walker_check_empty(struct tcf_proto *tp, void *fh,
-			      struct tcf_walker *arg)
+static bool tcf_proto_check_delete(struct tcf_proto *tp)
 {
-	if (fh) {
-		arg->nonempty = true;
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
+	if (tp->ops->delete_empty)
+		return tp->ops->delete_empty(tp);
 
-static bool tcf_proto_is_empty(struct tcf_proto *tp, bool rtnl_held)
-{
-	struct tcf_walker walker = { .fn = walker_check_empty, };
-
-	if (tp->ops->walk) {
-		tp->ops->walk(tp, &walker, rtnl_held);
-		return !walker.nonempty;
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-
-static bool tcf_proto_check_delete(struct tcf_proto *tp, bool rtnl_held)
-{
-	spin_lock(&tp->lock);
-	if (tcf_proto_is_empty(tp, rtnl_held))
-		tp->deleting = true;
-	spin_unlock(&tp->lock);
+	tp->deleting = true;
 	return tp->deleting;
 }
 
@@ -1751,7 +1730,7 @@ static void tcf_chain_tp_delete_empty(struct tcf_chain *chain,
 	 * concurrently.
 	 * Mark tp for deletion if it is empty.
 	 */
-	if (!tp_iter || !tcf_proto_check_delete(tp, rtnl_held)) {
+	if (!tp_iter || !tcf_proto_check_delete(tp)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&chain->filter_chain_lock);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flower.c b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
index 0d125de54285..b0f42e62dd76 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flower.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
@@ -2773,6 +2773,17 @@ static void fl_bind_class(void *fh, u32 classid, unsigned long cl)
 		f->res.class = cl;
 }
 
+static bool fl_delete_empty(struct tcf_proto *tp)
+{
+	struct cls_fl_head *head = fl_head_dereference(tp);
+
+	spin_lock(&tp->lock);
+	tp->deleting = idr_is_empty(&head->handle_idr);
+	spin_unlock(&tp->lock);
+
+	return tp->deleting;
+}
+
 static struct tcf_proto_ops cls_fl_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.kind		= "flower",
 	.classify	= fl_classify,
@@ -2782,6 +2793,7 @@ static struct tcf_proto_ops cls_fl_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.put		= fl_put,
 	.change		= fl_change,
 	.delete		= fl_delete,
+	.delete_empty	= fl_delete_empty,
 	.walk		= fl_walk,
 	.reoffload	= fl_reoffload,
 	.hw_add		= fl_hw_add,
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index 66c6bcec16cb..a0e6fac613de 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -1108,33 +1108,10 @@ erridr:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static bool u32_hnode_empty(struct tc_u_hnode *ht, bool *non_root_ht)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	if (!ht)
-		return true;
-	if (!ht->is_root) {
-		*non_root_ht = true;
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (*non_root_ht)
-		return false;
-	if (ht->refcnt < 2)
-		return true;
-
-	for (i = 0; i <= ht->divisor; i++) {
-		if (rtnl_dereference(ht->ht[i]))
-			return false;
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-
 static void u32_walk(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct tcf_walker *arg,
 		     bool rtnl_held)
 {
 	struct tc_u_common *tp_c = tp->data;
-	bool non_root_ht = false;
 	struct tc_u_hnode *ht;
 	struct tc_u_knode *n;
 	unsigned int h;
@@ -1147,8 +1124,6 @@ static void u32_walk(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct tcf_walker *arg,
 	     ht = rtnl_dereference(ht->next)) {
 		if (ht->prio != tp->prio)
 			continue;
-		if (u32_hnode_empty(ht, &non_root_ht))
-			return;
 		if (arg->count >= arg->skip) {
 			if (arg->fn(tp, ht, arg) < 0) {
 				arg->stop = 1;