diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 3c98254f3a3779479f592b77c2cc1b6987d959eb..1a3bc800534d8a98b5dd6faa9546798954ac4ff7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ 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;
 
 	/* No dormant off/on/off/on games in single transaction */