diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_inner.c b/net/netfilter/nft_inner.c
index 28e2873ba24e4..928312d01eb1d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_inner.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_inner.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ static int nft_inner_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	int err;
 
 	if (!tb[NFTA_INNER_FLAGS] ||
+	    !tb[NFTA_INNER_NUM] ||
 	    !tb[NFTA_INNER_HDRSIZE] ||
 	    !tb[NFTA_INNER_TYPE] ||
 	    !tb[NFTA_INNER_EXPR])