diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
index d1c0f12a15..943178ba0a 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ virNetDevBandwidthSet(const char *ifname,
         virCommandFree(cmd);
         cmd = virCommandNew(TC);
         virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "filter", "add", "dev", ifname, "parent",
-                             "1:0", "protocol", "all", "handle", "1", "fw",
-                             "flowid", "1", NULL);
+                             "1:0", "protocol", "all", "prio", "1", "handle",
+                             "1", "fw", "flowid", "1", NULL);
 
         if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
diff --git a/tests/virnetdevbandwidthtest.c b/tests/virnetdevbandwidthtest.c
index 3b4645533f..5a3f02cef0 100644
--- a/tests/virnetdevbandwidthtest.c
+++ b/tests/virnetdevbandwidthtest.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ mymain(void)
                  TC " qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: htb default 1\n"
                  TC " class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 1024kbps\n"
                  TC " qdisc add dev eth0 parent 1:1 handle 2: sfq perturb 10\n"
-                 TC " filter add dev eth0 parent 1:0 protocol all handle 1 fw flowid 1\n"));
+                 TC " filter add dev eth0 parent 1:0 protocol all prio 1 handle 1 fw flowid 1\n"));
 
     DO_TEST_SET(("<bandwidth>"
                  "  <outbound average='1024'/>"
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ mymain(void)
                  TC " qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: htb default 1\n"
                  TC " class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 1kbps ceil 2kbps burst 4kb\n"
                  TC " qdisc add dev eth0 parent 1:1 handle 2: sfq perturb 10\n"
-                 TC " filter add dev eth0 parent 1:0 protocol all handle 1 fw flowid 1\n"
+                 TC " filter add dev eth0 parent 1:0 protocol all prio 1 handle 1 fw flowid 1\n"
                  TC " qdisc add dev eth0 ingress\n"
                  TC " filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: protocol all u32 match u32 0 0 "
                  "police rate 5kbps burst 7kb mtu 64kb drop flowid :1\n"));