diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 26710b297dcb..ad0773b20d83 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -609,15 +609,24 @@ int tcf_action_exec(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action **actions,
 restart_act_graph:
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_actions; i++) {
 		const struct tc_action *a = actions[i];
+		int repeat_ttl;
 
 		if (jmp_prgcnt > 0) {
 			jmp_prgcnt -= 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		repeat_ttl = 32;
 repeat:
 		ret = a->ops->act(skb, a, res);
-		if (ret == TC_ACT_REPEAT)
-			goto repeat;	/* we need a ttl - JHS */
+
+		if (unlikely(ret == TC_ACT_REPEAT)) {
+			if (--repeat_ttl != 0)
+				goto repeat;
+			/* suspicious opcode, stop pipeline */
+			net_warn_ratelimited("TC_ACT_REPEAT abuse ?\n");
+			return TC_ACT_OK;
+		}
 
 		if (TC_ACT_EXT_CMP(ret, TC_ACT_JUMP)) {
 			jmp_prgcnt = ret & TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO_MASK;