diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 7ba9a624090f..91e395fd0a65 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ static inline u8 nft_reg_load8(u32 *sreg)
 static inline void nft_data_copy(u32 *dst, const struct nft_data *src,
 				 unsigned int len)
 {
+	if (len % NFT_REG32_SIZE)
+		dst[len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
 	memcpy(dst, src, len);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index b2f88617611a..f73d47b3ffb7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ static void nft_payload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	int offset;
 
-	dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
+	if (priv->len % NFT_REG32_SIZE)
+		dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
+
 	switch (priv->base) {
 	case NFT_PAYLOAD_LL_HEADER:
 		if (!skb_mac_header_was_set(skb))