diff --git a/include/net/act_api.h b/include/net/act_api.h
index e1e8f0f7dacb..d11b79107930 100644
--- a/include/net/act_api.h
+++ b/include/net/act_api.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct tc_action {
 #define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_REPLACE	(1U << (TCA_ACT_FLAGS_USER_BITS + 2))
 #define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_NO_RTNL	(1U << (TCA_ACT_FLAGS_USER_BITS + 3))
 #define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_AT_INGRESS	(1U << (TCA_ACT_FLAGS_USER_BITS + 4))
+#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_AT_INGRESS_OR_CLSACT	(1U << (TCA_ACT_FLAGS_USER_BITS + 5))
 
 /* Update lastuse only if needed, to avoid dirtying a cache line.
  * We use a temp variable to avoid fetching jiffies twice.
diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index bd51522c7953..7d5e50c921a0 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -1360,6 +1360,12 @@ static int tcf_ct_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (bind && !(flags & TCA_ACT_FLAGS_AT_INGRESS_OR_CLSACT)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+				   "Attaching ct to a non ingress/clsact qdisc is unsupported");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	err = nla_parse_nested(tb, TCA_CT_MAX, nla, ct_policy, extack);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 343309e9009b..4829c27446e3 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -2228,6 +2228,11 @@ static bool is_qdisc_ingress(__u32 classid)
 	return (TC_H_MIN(classid) == TC_H_MIN(TC_H_MIN_INGRESS));
 }
 
+static bool is_ingress_or_clsact(struct tcf_block *block, struct Qdisc *q)
+{
+	return tcf_block_shared(block) || (q && !!(q->flags & TCQ_F_INGRESS));
+}
+
 static int tc_new_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
@@ -2420,6 +2425,8 @@ replay:
 		flags |= TCA_ACT_FLAGS_NO_RTNL;
 	if (is_qdisc_ingress(parent))
 		flags |= TCA_ACT_FLAGS_AT_INGRESS;
+	if (is_ingress_or_clsact(block, q))
+		flags |= TCA_ACT_FLAGS_AT_INGRESS_OR_CLSACT;
 	err = tp->ops->change(net, skb, tp, cl, t->tcm_handle, tca, &fh,
 			      flags, extack);
 	if (err == 0) {