diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
index b6b14db3955b..b3f4a334f9d7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
@@ -677,6 +677,9 @@ static int dccp_timeout_nlattr_to_obj(struct nlattr *tb[],
 	unsigned int *timeouts = data;
 	int i;
 
+	if (!timeouts)
+		 timeouts = dn->dccp_timeout;
+
 	/* set default DCCP timeouts. */
 	for (i=0; i<CT_DCCP_MAX; i++)
 		timeouts[i] = dn->dccp_timeout[i];
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index fce3d93f1541..0399ae8f1188 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ static int sctp_timeout_nlattr_to_obj(struct nlattr *tb[],
 	struct nf_sctp_net *sn = nf_sctp_pernet(net);
 	int i;
 
+	if (!timeouts)
+		timeouts = sn->timeouts;
+
 	/* set default SCTP timeouts. */
 	for (i=0; i<SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX; i++)
 		timeouts[i] = sn->timeouts[i];