sch->handle = handle;
 
        if (!ops->init || (err = ops->init(sch, tca[TCA_OPTIONS-1])) == 0) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_ESTIMATOR
+               if (tca[TCA_RATE-1]) {
+                       err = gen_new_estimator(&sch->bstats, &sch->rate_est,
+                                               sch->stats_lock,
+                                               tca[TCA_RATE-1]);
+                       if (err) {
+                               /*
+                                * Any broken qdiscs that would require
+                                * a ops->reset() here? The qdisc was never
+                                * in action so it shouldn't be necessary.
+                                */
+                               if (ops->destroy)
+                                       ops->destroy(sch);
+                               goto err_out3;
+                       }
+               }
+#endif
                qdisc_lock_tree(dev);
                list_add_tail(&sch->list, &dev->qdisc_list);
                qdisc_unlock_tree(dev);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_ESTIMATOR
-               if (tca[TCA_RATE-1])
-                       gen_new_estimator(&sch->bstats, &sch->rate_est,
-                               sch->stats_lock, tca[TCA_RATE-1]);
-#endif
                return sch;
        }
 err_out3: