diff --git a/tc/m_police.c b/tc/m_police.c
index b1911a4b..71adb594 100644
--- a/tc/m_police.c
+++ b/tc/m_police.c
@@ -318,8 +318,7 @@ print_police(struct action_util *a, FILE *f, struct rtattr *arg)
 	if (arg == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	memset(tb, 0, sizeof(tb));
-	parse_rtattr(tb, TCA_POLICE_MAX, RTA_DATA(arg), RTA_PAYLOAD(arg));
+	parse_rtattr_nested(tb, TCA_POLICE_MAX, arg);
 
 	if (tb[TCA_POLICE_TBF] == NULL) {
 		fprintf(f, "[NULL police tbf]");
diff --git a/tc/q_htb.c b/tc/q_htb.c
index abc49715..828d4b1a 100644
--- a/tc/q_htb.c
+++ b/tc/q_htb.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ static int htb_print_opt(struct qdisc_util *qu, FILE *f, struct rtattr *opt)
 	if (opt == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	memset(tb, 0, sizeof(tb));
-	parse_rtattr(tb, TCA_HTB_RTAB, RTA_DATA(opt), RTA_PAYLOAD(opt));
+	parse_rtattr_nested(tb, TCA_HTB_RTAB, opt);
 
 	if (tb[TCA_HTB_PARMS]) {