diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 25a0af57dd5ed..51c13cf9c5aee 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -789,6 +789,7 @@ enum {
 	TCA_ROOT_FLAGS,
 	TCA_ROOT_COUNT,
 	TCA_ROOT_TIME_DELTA, /* in msecs */
+	TCA_ROOT_EXT_WARN_MSG,
 	__TCA_ROOT_MAX,
 #define	TCA_ROOT_MAX (__TCA_ROOT_MAX - 1)
 };
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 34c5086750416..296fc1afedd82 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -1589,6 +1589,10 @@ static int tca_get_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *actions[],
 	t->tca__pad1 = 0;
 	t->tca__pad2 = 0;
 
+	if (extack && extack->_msg &&
+	    nla_put_string(skb, TCA_ROOT_EXT_WARN_MSG, extack->_msg))
+		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
+
 	nest = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, TCA_ACT_TAB);
 	if (!nest)
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
@@ -1596,10 +1600,6 @@ static int tca_get_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *actions[],
 	if (tcf_action_dump(skb, actions, bind, ref, false) < 0)
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
 
-	if (extack && extack->_msg &&
-	    nla_put_string(skb, TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG, extack->_msg))
-		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
-
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 
 	nlh->nlmsg_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - b;