diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 96c39e9a873c..a0eb389b4fb4 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -2038,6 +2038,9 @@ static int tfilter_notify(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *oskb,
 	u32 portid = oskb ? NETLINK_CB(oskb).portid : 0;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (!unicast && !rtnl_notify_needed(net, n->nlmsg_flags, RTNLGRP_TC))
+		return 0;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
@@ -2067,6 +2070,9 @@ static int tfilter_del_notify(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *oskb,
 	u32 portid = oskb ? NETLINK_CB(oskb).portid : 0;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!rtnl_notify_needed(net, n->nlmsg_flags, RTNLGRP_TC))
+		return tp->ops->delete(tp, fh, last, rtnl_held, extack);
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
@@ -2891,6 +2897,9 @@ static int tc_chain_notify(struct tcf_chain *chain, struct sk_buff *oskb,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (!unicast && !rtnl_notify_needed(net, flags, RTNLGRP_TC))
+		return 0;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
@@ -2920,6 +2929,9 @@ static int tc_chain_notify_delete(const struct tcf_proto_ops *tmplt_ops,
 	struct net *net = block->net;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+	if (!rtnl_notify_needed(net, flags, RTNLGRP_TC))
+		return 0;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOBUFS;