diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index dcea979423bc..fb07f6cfc719 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_rules(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (ctx && ctx->table && strcmp(ctx->table, table->name) != 0)
 			continue;
 
-		if (ctx && ctx->chain) {
+		if (ctx && ctx->table && ctx->chain) {
 			struct rhlist_head *list, *tmp;
 
 			list = rhltable_lookup(&table->chains_ht, ctx->chain,