diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index 8d0f14cd7cc3..847abad9ee7f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ static unsigned int optlen(const u8 *opt, unsigned int offset)
 		return opt[offset + 1];
 }
 
+static int nft_skb_copy_to_reg(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, u32 *dest, unsigned int len)
+{
+	if (len % NFT_REG32_SIZE)
+		dest[len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
+
+	return skb_copy_bits(skb, offset, dest, len);
+}
+
 static void nft_exthdr_ipv6_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 				 struct nft_regs *regs,
 				 const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
@@ -57,8 +65,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_ipv6_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	}
 	offset += priv->offset;
 
-	dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
-	if (skb_copy_bits(pkt->skb, offset, dest, priv->len) < 0)
+	if (nft_skb_copy_to_reg(pkt->skb, offset, dest, priv->len) < 0)
 		goto err;
 	return;
 err:
@@ -114,7 +121,8 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		if (priv->flags & NFT_EXTHDR_F_PRESENT) {
 			*dest = 1;
 		} else {
-			dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
+			if (priv->len % NFT_REG32_SIZE)
+				dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
 			memcpy(dest, opt + offset, priv->len);
 		}