diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 1a9d759d0a02..ee052a5874fc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -6980,7 +6980,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newobj(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 	}
 
 	if (nla[NFTA_OBJ_USERDATA]) {
-		obj->udata = nla_memdup(nla[NFTA_OBJ_USERDATA], GFP_KERNEL);
+		obj->udata = nla_memdup(nla[NFTA_OBJ_USERDATA], GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 		if (obj->udata == NULL)
 			goto err_userdata;