diff --git a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
index 74b951f55608..9cec81209617 100644
--- a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ static const struct nlmsg_perm nlmsg_route_perms[] =
 	{ RTM_NEWSTATS,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ },
 	{ RTM_GETSTATS,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ  },
 	{ RTM_NEWCACHEREPORT,	NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ },
+	{ RTM_NEWCHAIN,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
+	{ RTM_DELCHAIN,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE },
+	{ RTM_GETCHAIN,		NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ  },
 };
 
 static const struct nlmsg_perm nlmsg_tcpdiag_perms[] =
@@ -158,7 +161,11 @@ int selinux_nlmsg_lookup(u16 sclass, u16 nlmsg_type, u32 *perm)
 
 	switch (sclass) {
 	case SECCLASS_NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET:
-		/* RTM_MAX always point to RTM_SETxxxx, ie RTM_NEWxxx + 3 */
+		/* RTM_MAX always points to RTM_SETxxxx, ie RTM_NEWxxx + 3.
+		 * If the BUILD_BUG_ON() below fails you must update the
+		 * structures at the top of this file with the new mappings
+		 * before updating the BUILD_BUG_ON() macro!
+		 */
 		BUILD_BUG_ON(RTM_MAX != (RTM_NEWCHAIN + 3));
 		err = nlmsg_perm(nlmsg_type, perm, nlmsg_route_perms,
 				 sizeof(nlmsg_route_perms));
@@ -170,6 +177,10 @@ int selinux_nlmsg_lookup(u16 sclass, u16 nlmsg_type, u32 *perm)
 		break;
 
 	case SECCLASS_NETLINK_XFRM_SOCKET:
+		/* If the BUILD_BUG_ON() below fails you must update the
+		 * structures at the top of this file with the new mappings
+		 * before updating the BUILD_BUG_ON() macro!
+		 */
 		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRM_MSG_MAX != XFRM_MSG_MAPPING);
 		err = nlmsg_perm(nlmsg_type, perm, nlmsg_xfrm_perms,
 				 sizeof(nlmsg_xfrm_perms));