diff --git a/tc/tc_qdisc.c b/tc/tc_qdisc.c
index 3002a56..e304858 100644
--- a/tc/tc_qdisc.c
+++ b/tc/tc_qdisc.c
@@ -137,15 +137,16 @@
 	if (est.ewma_log)
 		addattr_l(&req.n, sizeof(req), TCA_RATE, &est, sizeof(est));
 
-	if (argc) {
-		if (q) {
-			if (!q->parse_qopt) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "qdisc '%s' does not support option parsing\n", k);
-				return -1;
-			}
+	if (q) {
+		if (q->parse_qopt) {
 			if (q->parse_qopt(q, argc, argv, &req.n))
 				return 1;
-		} else {
+		} else if (argc) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "qdisc '%s' does not support option parsing\n", k);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (argc) {
 			if (matches(*argv, "help") == 0)
 				usage();