diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index bc2c73f54962..a576bcbba2fc 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -872,6 +872,12 @@ static inline struct nft_expr *nft_expr_last(const struct nft_rule *rule)
 	return (struct nft_expr *)&rule->data[rule->dlen];
 }
 
+static inline bool nft_expr_more(const struct nft_rule *rule,
+				 const struct nft_expr *expr)
+{
+	return expr != nft_expr_last(rule) && expr->ops;
+}
+
 static inline struct nft_userdata *nft_userdata(const struct nft_rule *rule)
 {
 	return (void *)&rule->data[rule->dlen];
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index ff2d2b514506..5a77b7a17722 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static void nft_rule_expr_activate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	struct nft_expr *expr;
 
 	expr = nft_expr_first(rule);
-	while (expr != nft_expr_last(rule) && expr->ops) {
+	while (nft_expr_more(rule, expr)) {
 		if (expr->ops->activate)
 			expr->ops->activate(ctx, expr);
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void nft_rule_expr_deactivate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	struct nft_expr *expr;
 
 	expr = nft_expr_first(rule);
-	while (expr != nft_expr_last(rule) && expr->ops) {
+	while (nft_expr_more(rule, expr)) {
 		if (expr->ops->deactivate)
 			expr->ops->deactivate(ctx, expr, phase);
 
@@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@ static void nf_tables_rule_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	 * is called on error from nf_tables_newrule().
 	 */
 	expr = nft_expr_first(rule);
-	while (expr != nft_expr_last(rule) && expr->ops) {
+	while (nft_expr_more(rule, expr)) {
 		next = nft_expr_next(expr);
 		nf_tables_expr_destroy(ctx, expr);
 		expr = next;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
index 914cd0618d5a..c480549a7f94 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct nft_flow_rule *nft_flow_rule_create(struct net *net,
 	struct nft_expr *expr;
 
 	expr = nft_expr_first(rule);
-	while (expr->ops && expr != nft_expr_last(rule)) {
+	while (nft_expr_more(rule, expr)) {
 		if (expr->ops->offload_flags & NFT_OFFLOAD_F_ACTION)
 			num_actions++;
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct nft_flow_rule *nft_flow_rule_create(struct net *net,
 	ctx->net = net;
 	ctx->dep.type = NFT_OFFLOAD_DEP_UNSPEC;
 
-	while (expr->ops && expr != nft_expr_last(rule)) {
+	while (nft_expr_more(rule, expr)) {
 		if (!expr->ops->offload) {
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto err_out;