diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
index 969b2510b0b8..e6c87a32950f 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
@@ -517,8 +517,8 @@ static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	q->flows_cnt = 1024;
 	q->memory_limit = 32 << 20; /* 32 MBytes */
 	q->drop_batch_size = 64;
-	mtu = clamp_t(u32, psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)), 256, FQ_CODEL_QUANTUM_MAX);
-	q->quantum = mtu;
+	mtu = min_t(u32, psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)), FQ_CODEL_QUANTUM_MAX);
+	q->quantum = clamp_t(u32, mtu, 256, FQ_CODEL_QUANTUM_MAX);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->new_flows);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->old_flows);
 	codel_params_init(&q->cparams);