diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 695b7ea55f183311fcb7df582fe7de240454771f..24b51712633c3ca8b233ef2856c64a98e47dba1d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ static int nf_tables_updchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 genmask, u8 policy,
 
 static struct nft_chain *nft_chain_lookup_byid(const struct net *net,
 					       const struct nft_table *table,
-					       const struct nlattr *nla)
+					       const struct nlattr *nla, u8 genmask)
 {
 	u32 id = ntohl(nla_get_be32(nla));
 	struct nft_trans *trans;
@@ -2288,7 +2288,8 @@ static struct nft_chain *nft_chain_lookup_byid(const struct net *net,
 
 		if (trans->msg_type == NFT_MSG_NEWCHAIN &&
 		    chain->table == table &&
-		    id == nft_trans_chain_id(trans))
+		    id == nft_trans_chain_id(trans) &&
+		    nft_active_genmask(chain, genmask))
 			return chain;
 	}
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
@@ -3197,7 +3198,8 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	} else if (nla[NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID]) {
-		chain = nft_chain_lookup_byid(net, table, nla[NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID]);
+		chain = nft_chain_lookup_byid(net, table, nla[NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID],
+					      genmask);
 		if (IS_ERR(chain)) {
 			NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, nla[NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID]);
 			return PTR_ERR(chain);
@@ -8681,7 +8683,8 @@ static int nft_verdict_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_data *data,
 						 genmask);
 		} else if (tb[NFTA_VERDICT_CHAIN_ID]) {
 			chain = nft_chain_lookup_byid(ctx->net, ctx->table,
-						      tb[NFTA_VERDICT_CHAIN_ID]);
+						      tb[NFTA_VERDICT_CHAIN_ID],
+						      genmask);
 			if (IS_ERR(chain))
 				return PTR_ERR(chain);
 		} else {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c b/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
index 9d5947ab8d4ef33531dd82fa42057d24273f1260..7b0b8fecb2205fad1e306c9cfd51bc1ac7585032 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ void nft_byteorder_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	const struct nft_byteorder *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	u32 *src = &regs->data[priv->sreg];
 	u32 *dst = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
-	union { u32 u32; u16 u16; } *s, *d;
+	u16 *s16, *d16;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	s = (void *)src;
-	d = (void *)dst;
+	s16 = (void *)src;
+	d16 = (void *)dst;
 
 	switch (priv->size) {
 	case 8: {
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ void nft_byteorder_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		switch (priv->op) {
 		case NFT_BYTEORDER_NTOH:
 			for (i = 0; i < priv->len / 4; i++)
-				d[i].u32 = ntohl((__force __be32)s[i].u32);
+				dst[i] = ntohl((__force __be32)src[i]);
 			break;
 		case NFT_BYTEORDER_HTON:
 			for (i = 0; i < priv->len / 4; i++)
-				d[i].u32 = (__force __u32)htonl(s[i].u32);
+				dst[i] = (__force __u32)htonl(src[i]);
 			break;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ void nft_byteorder_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		switch (priv->op) {
 		case NFT_BYTEORDER_NTOH:
 			for (i = 0; i < priv->len / 2; i++)
-				d[i].u16 = ntohs((__force __be16)s[i].u16);
+				d16[i] = ntohs((__force __be16)s16[i]);
 			break;
 		case NFT_BYTEORDER_HTON:
 			for (i = 0; i < priv->len / 2; i++)
-				d[i].u16 = (__force __u16)htons(s[i].u16);
+				d16[i] = (__force __u16)htons(s16[i]);
 			break;
 		}
 		break;