diff --git a/net/sched/sch_red.c b/net/sched/sch_red.c
index d5abcee..8c0508c 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_red.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_red.c
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@
 	q->flags = ctl->flags;
 	q->limit = ctl->limit;
 	if (child) {
-		qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen(q->qdisc, q->qdisc->q.qlen);
+		qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(q->qdisc, q->qdisc->q.qlen,
+					  q->qdisc->qstats.backlog);
 		qdisc_destroy(q->qdisc);
 		q->qdisc = child;
 	}