diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 7550328080bf49047d48d5f3ed1be61bd9d35eb1..fb68e27064e44c62406880617610990c9d20fd7e 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -1501,13 +1501,10 @@ struct nft_trans_chain {
 
 struct nft_trans_table {
 	bool				update;
-	bool				enable;
 };
 
 #define nft_trans_table_update(trans)	\
 	(((struct nft_trans_table *)trans->data)->update)
-#define nft_trans_table_enable(trans)	\
-	(((struct nft_trans_table *)trans->data)->enable)
 
 struct nft_trans_elem {
 	struct nft_set			*set;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 98272cb5f6178fb83a11390f1c840a42886ddc9b..6e7330ee573a1360584fc27d132df4d590e8ea4f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ enum nft_hook_attributes {
 enum nft_table_flags {
 	NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT	= 0x1,
 };
+#define NFT_TABLE_F_MASK       (NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT)
 
 /**
  * enum nft_table_attributes - nf_tables table netlink attributes
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 6105149b9e1a8adb9cc3657c4743681473e8990c..046cca6c6d0acf0b0e475447c9716fdadc6d415f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -845,7 +845,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_table_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_TABLE_NAME, table->name) ||
-	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS, htonl(table->flags)) ||
+	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS,
+			 htonl(table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_MASK)) ||
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_TABLE_USE, htonl(table->use)) ||
 	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_TABLE_HANDLE, cpu_to_be64(table->handle),
 			 NFTA_TABLE_PAD))
@@ -1053,14 +1054,22 @@ static int nf_tables_table_enable(struct net *net, struct nft_table *table)
 
 static void nf_tables_table_disable(struct net *net, struct nft_table *table)
 {
+	table->flags &= ~NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT;
 	nft_table_disable(net, table, 0);
+	table->flags |= NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT;
 }
 
+#define __NFT_TABLE_F_INTERNAL		(NFT_TABLE_F_MASK + 1)
+#define __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_DORMANT	(__NFT_TABLE_F_INTERNAL << 0)
+#define __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_AWAKEN	(__NFT_TABLE_F_INTERNAL << 1)
+#define __NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE		(__NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_DORMANT | \
+					 __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_AWAKEN)
+
 static int nf_tables_updtable(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct nft_trans *trans;
 	u32 flags;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!ctx->nla[NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS])
 		return 0;
@@ -1069,7 +1078,7 @@ 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,
@@ -1079,23 +1088,27 @@ static int nf_tables_updtable(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 
 	if ((flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT) &&
 	    !(ctx->table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT)) {
-		nft_trans_table_enable(trans) = false;
+		ctx->table->flags |= NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT;
+		if (!(ctx->table->flags & __NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE))
+			ctx->table->flags |= __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_AWAKEN;
 	} else if (!(flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT) &&
 		   ctx->table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT) {
 		ctx->table->flags &= ~NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT;
-		ret = nf_tables_table_enable(ctx->net, ctx->table);
-		if (ret >= 0)
-			nft_trans_table_enable(trans) = true;
-		else
-			ctx->table->flags |= NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT;
+		if (!(ctx->table->flags & __NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE)) {
+			ret = nf_tables_table_enable(ctx->net, ctx->table);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto err_register_hooks;
+
+			ctx->table->flags |= __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_DORMANT;
+		}
 	}
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err;
 
 	nft_trans_table_update(trans) = true;
 	nft_trans_commit_list_add_tail(ctx->net, trans);
+
 	return 0;
-err:
+
+err_register_hooks:
 	nft_trans_destroy(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -8238,11 +8251,14 @@ static int nf_tables_commit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		switch (trans->msg_type) {
 		case NFT_MSG_NEWTABLE:
 			if (nft_trans_table_update(trans)) {
-				if (!nft_trans_table_enable(trans)) {
-					nf_tables_table_disable(net,
-								trans->ctx.table);
-					trans->ctx.table->flags |= NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT;
+				if (!(trans->ctx.table->flags & __NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE)) {
+					nft_trans_destroy(trans);
+					break;
 				}
+				if (trans->ctx.table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT)
+					nf_tables_table_disable(net, trans->ctx.table);
+
+				trans->ctx.table->flags &= ~__NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE;
 			} else {
 				nft_clear(net, trans->ctx.table);
 			}
@@ -8458,11 +8474,17 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 		switch (trans->msg_type) {
 		case NFT_MSG_NEWTABLE:
 			if (nft_trans_table_update(trans)) {
-				if (nft_trans_table_enable(trans)) {
-					nf_tables_table_disable(net,
-								trans->ctx.table);
+				if (!(trans->ctx.table->flags & __NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE)) {
+					nft_trans_destroy(trans);
+					break;
+				}
+				if (trans->ctx.table->flags & __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_DORMANT) {
+					nf_tables_table_disable(net, trans->ctx.table);
 					trans->ctx.table->flags |= NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT;
+				} else if (trans->ctx.table->flags & __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_AWAKEN) {
+					trans->ctx.table->flags &= ~NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT;
 				}
+				trans->ctx.table->flags &= ~__NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE;
 				nft_trans_destroy(trans);
 			} else {
 				list_del_rcu(&trans->ctx.table->list);