diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index f8f27a48bbe9..1f9b848c778c 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -64,17 +64,15 @@ struct nft_data {
  */
 struct nft_regs {
 	union {
-		struct nft_data 	data[NFT_REG_MAX + 1];
+		u32			data[20];
 		struct nft_verdict	verdict;
 	};
 };
 
-static inline void nft_data_copy(struct nft_data *dst,
-				 const struct nft_data *src)
+static inline void nft_data_copy(u32 *dst, const struct nft_data *src,
+				 unsigned int len)
 {
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(*dst) != __alignof__(u64));
-	*(u64 *)&dst->data[0] = *(u64 *)&src->data[0];
-	*(u64 *)&dst->data[2] = *(u64 *)&src->data[2];
+	memcpy(dst, src, len);
 }
 
 static inline void nft_data_debug(const struct nft_data *data)
@@ -502,8 +500,7 @@ static inline struct nft_set_ext *nft_set_elem_ext(const struct nft_set *set,
 
 void *nft_set_elem_init(const struct nft_set *set,
 			const struct nft_set_ext_tmpl *tmpl,
-			const struct nft_data *key,
-			const struct nft_data *data,
+			const u32 *key, const u32 *data,
 			u64 timeout, gfp_t gfp);
 void nft_set_elem_destroy(const struct nft_set *set, void *elem);
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 05ee1e0804a3..4221a6c3a8a5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -5,16 +5,45 @@
 #define NFT_CHAIN_MAXNAMELEN	32
 #define NFT_USERDATA_MAXLEN	256
 
+/**
+ * enum nft_registers - nf_tables registers
+ *
+ * nf_tables used to have five registers: a verdict register and four data
+ * registers of size 16. The data registers have been changed to 16 registers
+ * of size 4. For compatibility reasons, the NFT_REG_[1-4] registers still
+ * map to areas of size 16, the 4 byte registers are addressed using
+ * NFT_REG32_00 - NFT_REG32_15.
+ */
 enum nft_registers {
 	NFT_REG_VERDICT,
 	NFT_REG_1,
 	NFT_REG_2,
 	NFT_REG_3,
 	NFT_REG_4,
-	__NFT_REG_MAX
+	__NFT_REG_MAX,
+
+	NFT_REG32_00	= 8,
+	MFT_REG32_01,
+	NFT_REG32_02,
+	NFT_REG32_03,
+	NFT_REG32_04,
+	NFT_REG32_05,
+	NFT_REG32_06,
+	NFT_REG32_07,
+	NFT_REG32_08,
+	NFT_REG32_09,
+	NFT_REG32_10,
+	NFT_REG32_11,
+	NFT_REG32_12,
+	NFT_REG32_13,
+	NFT_REG32_14,
+	NFT_REG32_15,
 };
 #define NFT_REG_MAX	(__NFT_REG_MAX - 1)
 
+#define NFT_REG_SIZE	16
+#define NFT_REG32_SIZE	4
+
 /**
  * enum nft_verdicts - nf_tables internal verdicts
  *
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
index 99dab70ecae0..a21269b83f16 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static void nft_meta_bridge_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 {
 	const struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	const struct net_device *in = pkt->in, *out = pkt->out;
-	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg].data[0];
+	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	const struct net_bridge_port *p;
 
 	switch (priv->key) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_redir_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_redir_ipv4.c
index 312cf6f3b6dc..d8d795df9c13 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_redir_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_redir_ipv4.c
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ static void nft_redir_ipv4_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	memset(&mr, 0, sizeof(mr));
 	if (priv->sreg_proto_min) {
 		mr.range[0].min.all =
-			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_min].data[0];
+			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_min];
 		mr.range[0].max.all =
-			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_max].data[0];
+			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_max];
 		mr.range[0].flags |= NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_SPECIFIED;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_redir_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_redir_ipv6.c
index 0eed774815cf..effd393bd517 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_redir_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_redir_ipv6.c
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ static void nft_redir_ipv6_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	memset(&range, 0, sizeof(range));
 	if (priv->sreg_proto_min) {
 		range.min_proto.all =
-			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_min].data[0];
+			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_min],
 		range.max_proto.all =
-			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_max].data[0];
+			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_max],
 		range.flags |= NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_SPECIFIED;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index a25fd19453e7..03faf76ce3b8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -3201,8 +3201,7 @@ static struct nft_trans *nft_trans_elem_alloc(struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 void *nft_set_elem_init(const struct nft_set *set,
 			const struct nft_set_ext_tmpl *tmpl,
-			const struct nft_data *key,
-			const struct nft_data *data,
+			const u32 *key, const u32 *data,
 			u64 timeout, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct nft_set_ext *ext;
@@ -3357,7 +3356,7 @@ static int nft_add_set_elem(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 	}
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	elem.priv = nft_set_elem_init(set, &tmpl, &elem.key, &data,
+	elem.priv = nft_set_elem_init(set, &tmpl, elem.key.data, data.data,
 				      timeout, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (elem.priv == NULL)
 		goto err3;
@@ -4122,14 +4121,47 @@ static int nf_tables_check_loops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	nft_parse_register - parse a register value from a netlink attribute
+ *
+ *	@attr: netlink attribute
+ *
+ *	Parse and translate a register value from a netlink attribute.
+ *	Registers used to be 128 bit wide, these register numbers will be
+ *	mapped to the corresponding 32 bit register numbers.
+ */
 unsigned int nft_parse_register(const struct nlattr *attr)
 {
-	return ntohl(nla_get_be32(attr));
+	unsigned int reg;
+
+	reg = ntohl(nla_get_be32(attr));
+	switch (reg) {
+	case NFT_REG_VERDICT...NFT_REG_4:
+		return reg * NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE;
+	default:
+		return reg + NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE - NFT_REG32_00;
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_parse_register);
 
+/**
+ *	nft_dump_register - dump a register value to a netlink attribute
+ *
+ *	@skb: socket buffer
+ *	@attr: attribute number
+ *	@reg: register number
+ *
+ *	Construct a netlink attribute containing the register number. For
+ *	compatibility reasons, register numbers being a multiple of 4 are
+ *	translated to the corresponding 128 bit register numbers.
+ */
 int nft_dump_register(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int attr, unsigned int reg)
 {
+	if (reg % (NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE) == 0)
+		reg = reg / (NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE);
+	else
+		reg = reg - NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE + NFT_REG32_00;
+
 	return nla_put_be32(skb, attr, htonl(reg));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_dump_register);
@@ -4145,14 +4177,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_dump_register);
  */
 int nft_validate_register_load(enum nft_registers reg, unsigned int len)
 {
-	if (reg <= NFT_REG_VERDICT)
+	if (reg < NFT_REG_1 * NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (reg > NFT_REG_MAX)
-		return -ERANGE;
 	if (len == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (len > FIELD_SIZEOF(struct nft_data, data))
+	if (reg * NFT_REG32_SIZE + len > FIELD_SIZEOF(struct nft_regs, data))
 		return -ERANGE;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_validate_register_load);
@@ -4200,13 +4231,12 @@ int nft_validate_register_store(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 		return 0;
 	default:
-		if (reg < NFT_REG_1)
+		if (reg < NFT_REG_1 * NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (reg > NFT_REG_MAX)
-			return -ERANGE;
 		if (len == 0)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (len > FIELD_SIZEOF(struct nft_data, data))
+		if (reg * NFT_REG32_SIZE + len >
+		    FIELD_SIZEOF(struct nft_regs, data))
 			return -ERANGE;
 
 		if (data != NULL && type != NFT_DATA_VALUE)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
index 5ef07d17b358..f153b07073af 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void nft_cmp_fast_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	const struct nft_cmp_fast_expr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	u32 mask = nft_cmp_fast_mask(priv->len);
 
-	if ((regs->data[priv->sreg].data[0] & mask) == priv->data)
+	if ((regs->data[priv->sreg] & mask) == priv->data)
 		return;
 	regs->verdict.code = NFT_BREAK;
 }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static bool nft_payload_fast_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 {
 	const struct nft_payload *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	const struct sk_buff *skb = pkt->skb;
-	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg].data[0];
+	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	unsigned char *ptr;
 
 	if (priv->base == NFT_PAYLOAD_NETWORK_HEADER)
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static bool nft_payload_fast_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	if (unlikely(ptr + priv->len >= skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
 		return false;
 
+	*dest = 0;
 	if (priv->len == 2)
 		*(u16 *)dest = *(u16 *)ptr;
 	else if (priv->len == 4)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_bitwise.c b/net/netfilter/nft_bitwise.c
index aa1147032ace..f1a9be2aecd1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_bitwise.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_bitwise.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ static void nft_bitwise_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 			     const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
 {
 	const struct nft_bitwise *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
-	const u32  *src = &regs->data[priv->sreg].data[0];
-	u32 *dst = &regs->data[priv->dreg].data[0];
+	const u32 *src = &regs->data[priv->sreg];
+	u32 *dst = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->len, 4); i++)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c b/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
index 2ee3e57ad814..fde5145f2e36 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ static void nft_byteorder_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 			       const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
 {
 	const struct nft_byteorder *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
-	u32 *src = &regs->data[priv->sreg].data[0];
-	u32 *dst = &regs->data[priv->dreg].data[0];
+	u32 *src = &regs->data[priv->sreg];
+	u32 *dst = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	union { u32 u32; u16 u16; } *s, *d;
 	unsigned int i;
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
index fab8e754b18a..8cbca3432f90 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void nft_ct_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 			    const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
 {
 	const struct nft_ct *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
-	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg].data[0];
+	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
 	const struct nf_conn *ct;
 	const struct nf_conn_help *help;
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void nft_ct_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	const struct nft_ct *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	struct sk_buff *skb = pkt->skb;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
-	u32 value = regs->data[priv->sreg].data[0];
+	u32 value = regs->data[priv->sreg];
 #endif
 	enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo;
 	struct nf_conn *ct;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index 098ffee793d7..ba7aed13e174 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 			    const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
 {
 	struct nft_exthdr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
-	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg].data[0];
+	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	unsigned int offset = 0;
 	int err;
 
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		goto err;
 	offset += priv->offset;
 
+	dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
 	if (skb_copy_bits(pkt->skb, offset, dest, priv->len) < 0)
 		goto err;
 	return;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c b/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
index 0682f600c7a5..1e8e412eadae 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static void nft_immediate_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 {
 	const struct nft_immediate_expr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 
-	nft_data_copy(&regs->data[priv->dreg], &priv->data);
+	nft_data_copy(&regs->data[priv->dreg], &priv->data, priv->dlen);
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy nft_immediate_policy[NFTA_IMMEDIATE_MAX + 1] = {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
index fc7afff81566..ba1466209f2a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void nft_lookup_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	if (set->ops->lookup(set, &regs->data[priv->sreg], &ext)) {
 		if (set->flags & NFT_SET_MAP)
 			nft_data_copy(&regs->data[priv->dreg],
-				      nft_set_ext_data(ext));
+				      nft_set_ext_data(ext), set->dlen);
 		return;
 	}
 	regs->verdict.code = NFT_BREAK;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
index 5f744eb61de5..52561e1c31e2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ void nft_meta_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	const struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	const struct sk_buff *skb = pkt->skb;
 	const struct net_device *in = pkt->in, *out = pkt->out;
-	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg].data[0];
+	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 
 	switch (priv->key) {
 	case NFT_META_LEN:
 		*dest = skb->len;
 		break;
 	case NFT_META_PROTOCOL:
+		*dest = 0;
 		*(__be16 *)dest = skb->protocol;
 		break;
 	case NFT_META_NFPROTO:
@@ -75,11 +76,13 @@ void nft_meta_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	case NFT_META_IIFTYPE:
 		if (in == NULL)
 			goto err;
+		*dest = 0;
 		*(u16 *)dest = in->type;
 		break;
 	case NFT_META_OIFTYPE:
 		if (out == NULL)
 			goto err;
+		*dest = 0;
 		*(u16 *)dest = out->type;
 		break;
 	case NFT_META_SKUID:
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ void nft_meta_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 {
 	const struct nft_meta *meta = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	struct sk_buff *skb = pkt->skb;
-	u32 value = regs->data[meta->sreg].data[0];
+	u32 value = regs->data[meta->sreg];
 
 	switch (meta->key) {
 	case NFT_META_MARK:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_nat.c b/net/netfilter/nft_nat.c
index 065cbda63b0a..ee2d71753746 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_nat.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_nat.c
@@ -49,26 +49,26 @@ static void nft_nat_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	if (priv->sreg_addr_min) {
 		if (priv->family == AF_INET) {
 			range.min_addr.ip = (__force __be32)
-					regs->data[priv->sreg_addr_min].data[0];
+					regs->data[priv->sreg_addr_min];
 			range.max_addr.ip = (__force __be32)
-					regs->data[priv->sreg_addr_max].data[0];
+					regs->data[priv->sreg_addr_max];
 
 		} else {
 			memcpy(range.min_addr.ip6,
-			       &regs->data[priv->sreg_addr_min].data,
-			       sizeof(struct nft_data));
+			       &regs->data[priv->sreg_addr_min],
+			       sizeof(range.min_addr.ip6));
 			memcpy(range.max_addr.ip6,
-			       &regs->data[priv->sreg_addr_max].data,
-			       sizeof(struct nft_data));
+			       &regs->data[priv->sreg_addr_max],
+			       sizeof(range.max_addr.ip6));
 		}
 		range.flags |= NF_NAT_RANGE_MAP_IPS;
 	}
 
 	if (priv->sreg_proto_min) {
 		range.min_proto.all =
-			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_min].data[0];
+			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_min];
 		range.max_proto.all =
-			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_max].data[0];
+			*(__be16 *)&regs->data[priv->sreg_proto_max];
 		range.flags |= NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_SPECIFIED;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index 5fa997346a23..94fb3b27a2c5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static void nft_payload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 {
 	const struct nft_payload *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	const struct sk_buff *skb = pkt->skb;
-	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg].data[0];
+	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	int offset;
 
 	switch (priv->base) {
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static void nft_payload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	}
 	offset += priv->offset;
 
+	dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
 	if (skb_copy_bits(skb, offset, dest, priv->len) < 0)
 		goto err;
 	return;