diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 6105149b9e1a8adb9cc3657c4743681473e8990c..91e206a1525915d25b830415e8b4ab8ebca8c2e9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ static int nf_tables_updtable(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 	if (flags & ~NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (flags == ctx->table->flags)
+	if (flags == (ctx->table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_MASK))
 		return 0;
 
 	trans = nft_trans_alloc(ctx, NFT_MSG_NEWTABLE,