diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
index 3b9245a3c767a6feed5e06f90459ae896b217c23..a4b8296a2fa1caf2e8337610d705cc9b06b1a2f8 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -77,12 +77,6 @@
 #define SFQ_EMPTY_SLOT		0xffff
 #define SFQ_DEFAULT_HASH_DIVISOR 1024
 
-/* We use 16 bits to store allot, and want to handle packets up to 64K
- * Scale allot by 8 (1<<3) so that no overflow occurs.
- */
-#define SFQ_ALLOT_SHIFT		3
-#define SFQ_ALLOT_SIZE(X)	DIV_ROUND_UP(X, 1 << SFQ_ALLOT_SHIFT)
-
 /* This type should contain at least SFQ_MAX_DEPTH + 1 + SFQ_MAX_FLOWS values */
 typedef u16 sfq_index;
 
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ struct sfq_slot {
 	sfq_index	next; /* next slot in sfq RR chain */
 	struct sfq_head dep; /* anchor in dep[] chains */
 	unsigned short	hash; /* hash value (index in ht[]) */
-	short		allot; /* credit for this slot */
+	int		allot; /* credit for this slot */
 
 	unsigned int    backlog;
 	struct red_vars vars;
@@ -120,7 +114,6 @@ struct sfq_sched_data {
 	siphash_key_t 	perturbation;
 	u8		cur_depth;	/* depth of longest slot */
 	u8		flags;
-	unsigned short  scaled_quantum; /* SFQ_ALLOT_SIZE(quantum) */
 	struct tcf_proto __rcu *filter_list;
 	struct tcf_block *block;
 	sfq_index	*ht;		/* Hash table ('divisor' slots) */
@@ -456,7 +449,7 @@ sfq_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff **to_free)
 		 */
 		q->tail = slot;
 		/* We could use a bigger initial quantum for new flows */
-		slot->allot = q->scaled_quantum;
+		slot->allot = q->quantum;
 	}
 	if (++sch->q.qlen <= q->limit)
 		return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -493,7 +486,7 @@ sfq_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	slot = &q->slots[a];
 	if (slot->allot <= 0) {
 		q->tail = slot;
-		slot->allot += q->scaled_quantum;
+		slot->allot += q->quantum;
 		goto next_slot;
 	}
 	skb = slot_dequeue_head(slot);
@@ -512,7 +505,7 @@ sfq_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 		}
 		q->tail->next = next_a;
 	} else {
-		slot->allot -= SFQ_ALLOT_SIZE(qdisc_pkt_len(skb));
+		slot->allot -= qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
 	}
 	return skb;
 }
@@ -595,7 +588,7 @@ static void sfq_rehash(struct Qdisc *sch)
 				q->tail->next = x;
 			}
 			q->tail = slot;
-			slot->allot = q->scaled_quantum;
+			slot->allot = q->quantum;
 		}
 	}
 	sch->q.qlen -= dropped;
@@ -628,7 +621,8 @@ static void sfq_perturbation(struct timer_list *t)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static int sfq_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
+static int sfq_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
+		      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct sfq_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	struct tc_sfq_qopt *ctl = nla_data(opt);
@@ -646,14 +640,10 @@ static int sfq_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	    (!is_power_of_2(ctl->divisor) || ctl->divisor > 65536))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* slot->allot is a short, make sure quantum is not too big. */
-	if (ctl->quantum) {
-		unsigned int scaled = SFQ_ALLOT_SIZE(ctl->quantum);
-
-		if (scaled <= 0 || scaled > SHRT_MAX)
-			return -EINVAL;
+	if ((int)ctl->quantum < 0) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "invalid quantum");
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-
 	if (ctl_v1 && !red_check_params(ctl_v1->qth_min, ctl_v1->qth_max,
 					ctl_v1->Wlog, ctl_v1->Scell_log, NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -663,10 +653,8 @@ static int sfq_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	sch_tree_lock(sch);
-	if (ctl->quantum) {
+	if (ctl->quantum)
 		q->quantum = ctl->quantum;
-		q->scaled_quantum = SFQ_ALLOT_SIZE(q->quantum);
-	}
 	WRITE_ONCE(q->perturb_period, ctl->perturb_period * HZ);
 	if (ctl->flows)
 		q->maxflows = min_t(u32, ctl->flows, SFQ_MAX_FLOWS);
@@ -762,12 +750,11 @@ static int sfq_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	q->divisor = SFQ_DEFAULT_HASH_DIVISOR;
 	q->maxflows = SFQ_DEFAULT_FLOWS;
 	q->quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
-	q->scaled_quantum = SFQ_ALLOT_SIZE(q->quantum);
 	q->perturb_period = 0;
 	get_random_bytes(&q->perturbation, sizeof(q->perturbation));
 
 	if (opt) {
-		int err = sfq_change(sch, opt);
+		int err = sfq_change(sch, opt, extack);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
@@ -878,7 +865,7 @@ static int sfq_dump_class_stats(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned long cl,
 	if (idx != SFQ_EMPTY_SLOT) {
 		const struct sfq_slot *slot = &q->slots[idx];
 
-		xstats.allot = slot->allot << SFQ_ALLOT_SHIFT;
+		xstats.allot = slot->allot;
 		qs.qlen = slot->qlen;
 		qs.backlog = slot->backlog;
 	}
