diff --git a/include/net/red.h b/include/net/red.h
index 932f0d79d60c..9e6647c4ccd1 100644
--- a/include/net/red.h
+++ b/include/net/red.h
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ static inline void red_set_vars(struct red_vars *v)
 	v->qcount	= -1;
 }
 
-static inline bool red_check_params(u32 qth_min, u32 qth_max, u8 Wlog, u8 Scell_log)
+static inline bool red_check_params(u32 qth_min, u32 qth_max, u8 Wlog,
+				    u8 Scell_log, u8 *stab)
 {
 	if (fls(qth_min) + Wlog > 32)
 		return false;
@@ -178,6 +179,13 @@ static inline bool red_check_params(u32 qth_min, u32 qth_max, u8 Wlog, u8 Scell_
 		return false;
 	if (qth_max < qth_min)
 		return false;
+	if (stab) {
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < RED_STAB_SIZE; i++)
+			if (stab[i] >= 32)
+				return false;
+	}
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_choke.c b/net/sched/sch_choke.c
index 50f680f03a54..2adbd945bf15 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_choke.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_choke.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static int choke_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	struct sk_buff **old = NULL;
 	unsigned int mask;
 	u32 max_P;
+	u8 *stab;
 
 	if (opt == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -361,8 +362,8 @@ static int choke_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	max_P = tb[TCA_CHOKE_MAX_P] ? nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_CHOKE_MAX_P]) : 0;
 
 	ctl = nla_data(tb[TCA_CHOKE_PARMS]);
-
-	if (!red_check_params(ctl->qth_min, ctl->qth_max, ctl->Wlog, ctl->Scell_log))
+	stab = nla_data(tb[TCA_CHOKE_STAB]);
+	if (!red_check_params(ctl->qth_min, ctl->qth_max, ctl->Wlog, ctl->Scell_log, stab))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (ctl->limit > CHOKE_MAX_QUEUE)
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ static int choke_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 
 	red_set_parms(&q->parms, ctl->qth_min, ctl->qth_max, ctl->Wlog,
 		      ctl->Plog, ctl->Scell_log,
-		      nla_data(tb[TCA_CHOKE_STAB]),
+		      stab,
 		      max_P);
 	red_set_vars(&q->vars);
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_gred.c b/net/sched/sch_gred.c
index e0bc77533acc..f4132dc25ac0 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_gred.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_gred.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static inline int gred_change_vq(struct Qdisc *sch, int dp,
 	struct gred_sched *table = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	struct gred_sched_data *q = table->tab[dp];
 
-	if (!red_check_params(ctl->qth_min, ctl->qth_max, ctl->Wlog, ctl->Scell_log)) {
+	if (!red_check_params(ctl->qth_min, ctl->qth_max, ctl->Wlog, ctl->Scell_log, stab)) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "invalid RED parameters");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_red.c b/net/sched/sch_red.c
index b4ae34d7aa96..40adf1f07a82 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_red.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_red.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ static int __red_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr **tb,
 	unsigned char flags;
 	int err;
 	u32 max_P;
+	u8 *stab;
 
 	if (tb[TCA_RED_PARMS] == NULL ||
 	    tb[TCA_RED_STAB] == NULL)
@@ -250,7 +251,9 @@ static int __red_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr **tb,
 	max_P = tb[TCA_RED_MAX_P] ? nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_RED_MAX_P]) : 0;
 
 	ctl = nla_data(tb[TCA_RED_PARMS]);
-	if (!red_check_params(ctl->qth_min, ctl->qth_max, ctl->Wlog, ctl->Scell_log))
+	stab = nla_data(tb[TCA_RED_STAB]);
+	if (!red_check_params(ctl->qth_min, ctl->qth_max, ctl->Wlog,
+			      ctl->Scell_log, stab))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	err = red_get_flags(ctl->flags, TC_RED_HISTORIC_FLAGS,
@@ -288,7 +291,7 @@ static int __red_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr **tb,
 	red_set_parms(&q->parms,
 		      ctl->qth_min, ctl->qth_max, ctl->Wlog,
 		      ctl->Plog, ctl->Scell_log,
-		      nla_data(tb[TCA_RED_STAB]),
+		      stab,
 		      max_P);
 	red_set_vars(&q->vars);
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
index b25e51440623..066754a18569 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static int sfq_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	}
 
 	if (ctl_v1 && !red_check_params(ctl_v1->qth_min, ctl_v1->qth_max,
-					ctl_v1->Wlog, ctl_v1->Scell_log))
+					ctl_v1->Wlog, ctl_v1->Scell_log, NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (ctl_v1 && ctl_v1->qth_min) {
 		p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);