diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 2796153b03dad3..188d41da1a40af 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@ static inline void *nft_set_priv(const struct nft_set *set)
 	return (void *)set->data;
 }
 
+static inline enum nft_data_types nft_set_datatype(const struct nft_set *set)
+{
+	return set->dtype == NFT_DATA_VERDICT ? NFT_DATA_VERDICT : NFT_DATA_VALUE;
+}
+
 static inline bool nft_set_gc_is_pending(const struct nft_set *s)
 {
 	return refcount_read(&s->refs) != 1;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index be3b4c90d2eda1..e8dcf41d360d9b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5740,8 +5740,7 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_setelem(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (nft_set_ext_exists(ext, NFT_SET_EXT_DATA) &&
 	    nft_data_dump(skb, NFTA_SET_ELEM_DATA, nft_set_ext_data(ext),
-			  set->dtype == NFT_DATA_VERDICT ? NFT_DATA_VERDICT : NFT_DATA_VALUE,
-			  set->dlen) < 0)
+			  nft_set_datatype(set), set->dlen) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nft_set_ext_exists(ext, NFT_SET_EXT_EXPRESSIONS) &&
@@ -11073,6 +11072,9 @@ static int nft_validate_register_store(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 		return 0;
 	default:
+		if (type != NFT_DATA_VALUE)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		if (reg < NFT_REG_1 * NFT_REG_SIZE / NFT_REG32_SIZE)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (len == 0)
@@ -11081,8 +11083,6 @@ static int nft_validate_register_store(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 		    sizeof_field(struct nft_regs, data))
 			return -ERANGE;
 
-		if (data != NULL && type != NFT_DATA_VALUE)
-			return -EINVAL;
 		return 0;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
index b314ca728a2912..f3080fa1b22631 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ static int nft_lookup_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		err = nft_parse_register_store(ctx, tb[NFTA_LOOKUP_DREG],
-					       &priv->dreg, NULL, set->dtype,
+					       &priv->dreg, NULL,
+					       nft_set_datatype(set),
 					       set->dlen);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;