diff --git a/tc/m_mirred.c b/tc/m_mirred.c
index c7f7318b..23ba638a 100644
--- a/tc/m_mirred.c
+++ b/tc/m_mirred.c
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ parse_direction(struct action_util *a, int *argc_p, char ***argv_p,
 
 
 	if (p.eaction == TCA_EGRESS_MIRROR || p.eaction == TCA_INGRESS_MIRROR)
-		parse_action_control(&argc, &argv, &p.action, false);
+		parse_action_control_dflt(&argc, &argv, &p.action, false,
+					  TC_ACT_PIPE);
 
 	if (argc) {
 		if (iok && matches(*argv, "index") == 0) {