diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
index 8e8151ca8307b..aae4d64dbf3f8 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
@@ -133,8 +133,11 @@ static int mqprio_parse_opt(struct net_device *dev, struct tc_mqprio_qopt *qopt,
 	/* If ndo_setup_tc is not present then hardware doesn't support offload
 	 * and we should return an error.
 	 */
-	if (qopt->hw && !dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc)
+	if (qopt->hw && !dev->netdev_ops->ndo_setup_tc) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Device does not support hardware offload");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }