diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 81abd61500f4..5af56da6d6c6 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -326,13 +326,15 @@ static inline void *nft_expr_priv(const struct nft_expr *expr)
  *	@handle: rule handle
  *	@genmask: generation mask
  *	@dlen: length of expression data
+ *	@ulen: length of user data (used for comments)
  *	@data: expression data
  */
 struct nft_rule {
 	struct list_head		list;
-	u64				handle:46,
+	u64				handle:42,
 					genmask:2,
-					dlen:16;
+					dlen:12,
+					ulen:8;
 	unsigned char			data[]
 		__attribute__((aligned(__alignof__(struct nft_expr))));
 };
@@ -371,6 +373,11 @@ static inline struct nft_expr *nft_expr_last(const struct nft_rule *rule)
 	return (struct nft_expr *)&rule->data[rule->dlen];
 }
 
+static inline void *nft_userdata(const struct nft_rule *rule)
+{
+	return (void *)&rule->data[rule->dlen];
+}
+
 /*
  * The last pointer isn't really necessary, but the compiler isn't able to
  * determine that the result of nft_expr_last() is always the same since it
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index c84c452c62a7..c88ccbfda5f1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_NF_TABLES_H
 #define _LINUX_NF_TABLES_H
 
-#define NFT_CHAIN_MAXNAMELEN 32
+#define NFT_CHAIN_MAXNAMELEN	32
+#define NFT_USERDATA_MAXLEN	256
 
 enum nft_registers {
 	NFT_REG_VERDICT,
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ enum nft_chain_attributes {
  * @NFTA_RULE_EXPRESSIONS: list of expressions (NLA_NESTED: nft_expr_attributes)
  * @NFTA_RULE_COMPAT: compatibility specifications of the rule (NLA_NESTED: nft_rule_compat_attributes)
  * @NFTA_RULE_POSITION: numeric handle of the previous rule (NLA_U64)
+ * @NFTA_RULE_USERDATA: user data (NLA_BINARY, NFT_USERDATA_MAXLEN)
  */
 enum nft_rule_attributes {
 	NFTA_RULE_UNSPEC,
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ enum nft_rule_attributes {
 	NFTA_RULE_EXPRESSIONS,
 	NFTA_RULE_COMPAT,
 	NFTA_RULE_POSITION,
+	NFTA_RULE_USERDATA,
 	__NFTA_RULE_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_RULE_MAX		(__NFTA_RULE_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 0b5634094cb0..f25d0110fe95 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1295,6 +1295,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy nft_rule_policy[NFTA_RULE_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NFTA_RULE_EXPRESSIONS]	= { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 	[NFTA_RULE_COMPAT]	= { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 	[NFTA_RULE_POSITION]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
+	[NFTA_RULE_USERDATA]	= { .type = NLA_BINARY,
+				    .len = NFT_USERDATA_MAXLEN },
 };
 
 static int nf_tables_fill_rule_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
@@ -1347,6 +1349,10 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_rule_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 	}
 	nla_nest_end(skb, list);
 
+	if (rule->ulen &&
+	    nla_put(skb, NFTA_RULE_USERDATA, rule->ulen, nft_userdata(rule)))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
 	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 
 nla_put_failure:
@@ -1583,7 +1589,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct nft_expr *expr;
 	struct nft_ctx ctx;
 	struct nlattr *tmp;
-	unsigned int size, i, n;
+	unsigned int size, i, n, ulen = 0;
 	int err, rem;
 	bool create;
 	u64 handle, pos_handle;
@@ -1649,8 +1655,11 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (nla[NFTA_RULE_USERDATA])
+		ulen = nla_len(nla[NFTA_RULE_USERDATA]);
+
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	rule = kzalloc(sizeof(*rule) + size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rule = kzalloc(sizeof(*rule) + size + ulen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rule == NULL)
 		goto err1;
 
@@ -1658,6 +1667,10 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	rule->handle = handle;
 	rule->dlen   = size;
+	rule->ulen   = ulen;
+
+	if (ulen)
+		nla_memcpy(nft_userdata(rule), nla[NFTA_RULE_USERDATA], ulen);
 
 	expr = nft_expr_first(rule);
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {