diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index fcaefdd6200b..dfb58056a89a 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -1428,16 +1428,12 @@ static int copy_everything_to_user(struct ebt_table *t, void __user *user,
 		oldcounters = t->table->counters;
 	}
 
-	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, user, sizeof(tmp))) {
-		BUGPRINT("Cfu didn't work\n");
+	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, user, sizeof(tmp)))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	}
 
 	if (*len != sizeof(struct ebt_replace) + entries_size +
-	   (tmp.num_counters? nentries * sizeof(struct ebt_counter): 0)) {
-		BUGPRINT("Wrong size\n");
+	   (tmp.num_counters? nentries * sizeof(struct ebt_counter): 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	if (tmp.nentries != nentries) {
 		BUGPRINT("Nentries wrong\n");
@@ -2213,8 +2209,12 @@ static int compat_do_replace(struct net *net, void __user *user,
 	void *entries_tmp;
 
 	ret = compat_copy_ebt_replace_from_user(&tmp, user, len);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		/* try real handler in case userland supplied needed padding */
+		if (ret == -EINVAL && do_replace(net, user, len) == 0)
+			ret = 0;
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	countersize = COUNTER_OFFSET(tmp.nentries) * nr_cpu_ids;
 	newinfo = vmalloc(sizeof(*newinfo) + countersize);
@@ -2303,8 +2303,9 @@ static int compat_update_counters(struct net *net, void __user *user,
 	if (copy_from_user(&hlp, user, sizeof(hlp)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	/* try real handler in case userland supplied needed padding */
 	if (len != sizeof(hlp) + hlp.num_counters * sizeof(struct ebt_counter))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return update_counters(net, user, len);
 
 	return do_update_counters(net, hlp.name, compat_ptr(hlp.counters),
 					hlp.num_counters, user, len);
@@ -2341,9 +2342,10 @@ static int compat_do_ebt_get_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd,
 	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	/* try real handler in case userland supplied needed padding */
 	if ((cmd == EBT_SO_GET_INFO ||
 	     cmd == EBT_SO_GET_INIT_INFO) && *len != sizeof(tmp))
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return do_ebt_get_ctl(sk, cmd, user, len);
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, user, sizeof(tmp)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -2380,7 +2382,19 @@ static int compat_do_ebt_get_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd,
 		break;
 	case EBT_SO_GET_ENTRIES:
 	case EBT_SO_GET_INIT_ENTRIES:
-		ret = compat_copy_everything_to_user(t, user, len, cmd);
+		/*
+		 * try real handler first in case of userland-side padding.
+		 * in case we are dealing with an 'ordinary' 32 bit binary
+		 * without 64bit compatibility padding, this will fail right
+		 * after copy_from_user when the *len argument is validated.
+		 *
+		 * the compat_ variant needs to do one pass over the kernel
+		 * data set to adjust for size differences before it the check.
+		 */
+		if (copy_everything_to_user(t, user, len, cmd) == 0)
+			ret = 0;
+		else
+			ret = compat_copy_everything_to_user(t, user, len, cmd);
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;