diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 9799a50bc604..a8be9b72e6cd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -890,8 +890,13 @@ restart:
 	}
 out:
 	local_bh_enable();
-	if (last)
+	if (last) {
+		/* nf ct hash resize happened, now clear the leftover. */
+		if ((struct nf_conn *)cb->args[1] == last)
+			cb->args[1] = 0;
+
 		nf_ct_put(last);
+	}
 
 	while (i) {
 		i--;