diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index e94d1fa554cb..08db4ee06ab6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -896,7 +896,8 @@ enum nft_meta_keys {
 	NFT_META_OIF,
 	NFT_META_IIFNAME,
 	NFT_META_OIFNAME,
-	NFT_META_IIFTYPE,
+	NFT_META_IFTYPE,
+#define NFT_META_IIFTYPE	NFT_META_IFTYPE
 	NFT_META_OIFTYPE,
 	NFT_META_SKUID,
 	NFT_META_SKGID,
@@ -923,6 +924,7 @@ enum nft_meta_keys {
 	NFT_META_TIME_HOUR,
 	NFT_META_SDIF,
 	NFT_META_SDIFNAME,
+	__NFT_META_IIFTYPE,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
index a7e01e9952f1..516e74635bae 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ static bool nft_meta_get_eval_ifname(enum nft_meta_keys key, u32 *dest,
 	case NFT_META_OIF:
 		nft_meta_store_ifindex(dest, nft_out(pkt));
 		break;
-	case NFT_META_IIFTYPE:
+	case NFT_META_IFTYPE:
+		if (!nft_meta_store_iftype(dest, pkt->skb->dev))
+			return false;
+		break;
+	case __NFT_META_IIFTYPE:
 		if (!nft_meta_store_iftype(dest, nft_in(pkt)))
 			return false;
 		break;