diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 3cb3cb831591..86a3c6f0c871 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1757,6 +1757,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_init_end(void)
 
 int nf_conntrack_init_net(struct net *net)
 {
+	static atomic64_t unique_id;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	int cpu;
 
@@ -1779,7 +1780,8 @@ int nf_conntrack_init_net(struct net *net)
 	if (!net->ct.stat)
 		goto err_pcpu_lists;
 
-	net->ct.slabname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "nf_conntrack_%p", net);
+	net->ct.slabname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "nf_conntrack_%llu",
+				(u64)atomic64_inc_return(&unique_id));
 	if (!net->ct.slabname)
 		goto err_slabname;