diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
index 3c70ad53a49c..fa6ace8f1611 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@
 	FN(IPV6_NDISC_BAD_OPTIONS)	\
 	FN(IPV6_NDISC_NS_OTHERHOST)	\
 	FN(QUEUE_PURGE)			\
-	FN(TC_ERROR)			\
+	FN(TC_EXT_COOKIE_NOTFOUND)	\
+	FN(TC_COOKIE_EXT_MISMATCH)	\
+	FN(TC_COOKIE_MISMATCH)		\
+	FN(TC_CHAIN_NOTFOUND)		\
+	FN(TC_RECLASSIFY_LOOP)		\
 	FNe(MAX)
 
 /**
@@ -376,8 +380,28 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6_NDISC_NS_OTHERHOST,
 	/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_QUEUE_PURGE: bulk free. */
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_QUEUE_PURGE,
-	/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR: generic internal tc error. */
-	SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR,
+	/**
+	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_EXT_COOKIE_NOTFOUND: tc cookie was looked up
+	 * using ext, but was not found.
+	 */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_EXT_COOKIE_NOTFOUND,
+	/**
+	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_COOKIE_EXT_MISMATCH: tc ext was lookup using
+	 * cookie and either was not found or different from expected.
+	 */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_COOKIE_EXT_MISMATCH,
+	/**
+	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_COOKIE_MISMATCH: tc cookie available but was
+	 * unable to match to filter.
+	 */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_COOKIE_MISMATCH,
+	/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_CHAIN_NOTFOUND: tc chain lookup failed. */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_CHAIN_NOTFOUND,
+	/**
+	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_RECLASSIFY_LOOP: tc exceeded max reclassify loop
+	 * iterations.
+	 */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_RECLASSIFY_LOOP,
 	/**
 	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_MAX: the maximum of core drop reasons, which
 	 * shouldn't be used as a real 'reason' - only for tracing code gen
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 12ac05857045..429cb232e17b 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,8 @@ int tcf_action_exec(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action **actions,
 			}
 		} else if (TC_ACT_EXT_CMP(ret, TC_ACT_GOTO_CHAIN)) {
 			if (unlikely(!rcu_access_pointer(a->goto_chain))) {
-				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR);
+				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb,
+						    SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_CHAIN_NOTFOUND);
 				return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 			}
 			tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(a, res);
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 32457a236d77..5012fc0a24a1 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -1682,13 +1682,15 @@ static inline int __tcf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			 */
 			if (unlikely(n->tp != tp || n->tp->chain != n->chain ||
 				     !tp->ops->get_exts)) {
-				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR);
+				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb,
+						    SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_COOKIE_MISMATCH);
 				return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 			}
 
 			exts = tp->ops->get_exts(tp, n->handle);
 			if (unlikely(!exts || n->exts != exts)) {
-				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR);
+				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb,
+						    SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_COOKIE_EXT_MISMATCH);
 				return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 			}
 
@@ -1717,7 +1719,8 @@ static inline int __tcf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(n)) {
-		tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR);
+		tcf_set_drop_reason(skb,
+				    SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_COOKIE_MISMATCH);
 		return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 	}
 
@@ -1729,7 +1732,8 @@ static inline int __tcf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       tp->chain->block->index,
 				       tp->prio & 0xffff,
 				       ntohs(tp->protocol));
-		tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR);
+		tcf_set_drop_reason(skb,
+				    SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_RECLASSIFY_LOOP);
 		return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 	}
 
@@ -1767,7 +1771,8 @@ int tcf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				n = tcf_exts_miss_cookie_lookup(ext->act_miss_cookie,
 								&act_index);
 				if (!n) {
-					tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR);
+					tcf_set_drop_reason(skb,
+							    SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_EXT_COOKIE_NOTFOUND);
 					return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 				}
 
@@ -1778,7 +1783,9 @@ int tcf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 			fchain = tcf_chain_lookup_rcu(block, chain);
 			if (!fchain) {
-				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR);
+				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb,
+						    SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_CHAIN_NOTFOUND);
+
 				return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 			}
 
@@ -1800,10 +1807,9 @@ int tcf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 			ext = tc_skb_ext_alloc(skb);
 			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ext)) {
-				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_ERROR);
+				tcf_set_drop_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM);
 				return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 			}
-
 			ext->chain = last_executed_chain;
 			ext->mru = cb->mru;
 			ext->post_ct = cb->post_ct;
