diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 1b4bc588f8d6..65d96439e2be 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5118,13 +5118,20 @@ static int nft_setelem_parse_data(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 				  struct nft_data *data,
 				  struct nlattr *attr)
 {
+	u32 dtype;
 	int err;
 
 	err = nft_data_init(ctx, data, NFT_DATA_VALUE_MAXLEN, desc, attr);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (desc->type != NFT_DATA_VERDICT && desc->len != set->dlen) {
+	if (set->dtype == NFT_DATA_VERDICT)
+		dtype = NFT_DATA_VERDICT;
+	else
+		dtype = NFT_DATA_VALUE;
+
+	if (dtype != desc->type ||
+	    set->dlen != desc->len) {
 		nft_data_release(data, desc->type);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}