diff --git a/Shorewall/Documenation b/Shorewall/Documenation
index f599bea29..7a944f499 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Documenation
+++ b/Shorewall/Documenation
@@ -1982,8 +1982,9 @@ Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
 			You want this mainly if you have a DSL or Cable
 			connection to avoid queuing at your providers side.
 
-			If you don't want any traffic to be dropped set this
-			to a value faster than your interface.
+			If you don't want any traffic to be dropped, set this
+			to a value to zero in which case Shorewall will not
+			create an ingress qdisc. 
 
 			Use kbit or kbps(for Kilobytes per second) for
 			speed, and make sure there is NO space between the
diff --git a/Shorewall/lib.tc b/Shorewall/lib.tc
index 68c5aac7e..47f40b7cd 100644
--- a/Shorewall/lib.tc
+++ b/Shorewall/lib.tc
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ setup_traffic_shaping()
 	save_command "${dev}_mtu=\$(get_device_mtu $device)"
 	run_tc "class add dev $device parent $devnum: classid $devnum:1 htb rate $outband mtu \$${dev}_mtu"
 
-	if [ ${inband} -gt 0 ]; then
+	if [ $(rate_to_kbit ${inband}) -gt 0 ]; then
 	    run_tc qdisc add dev $device handle ffff: ingress
 	    run_tc filter add dev $device parent ffff: protocol ip prio 50 u32 match ip src 0.0.0.0/0 police rate ${inband} burst 10k drop flowid :1
 	fi