diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 6c062b2509b9bedeaeee8827f5f72512e50c9b5f..e66fee99ed3ea114c7d42c43298b1ccfcd0aa57d 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -176,10 +176,15 @@ struct nft_ctx {
 	bool				report;
 };
 
+enum nft_data_desc_flags {
+	NFT_DATA_DESC_SETELEM	= (1 << 0),
+};
+
 struct nft_data_desc {
 	enum nft_data_types		type;
 	unsigned int			size;
 	unsigned int			len;
+	unsigned int			flags;
 };
 
 int nft_data_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_data *data,
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index ca53378ad5faaeabff1a320f0a266f2fb09451c3..1b039476e4d6a8ec75e6344f218a7de532dc0b07 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4865,6 +4865,7 @@ static int nft_setelem_parse_data(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 	desc->type = dtype;
 	desc->size = NFT_DATA_VALUE_MAXLEN;
 	desc->len = set->dlen;
+	desc->flags = NFT_DATA_DESC_SETELEM;
 
 	return nft_data_init(ctx, data, desc, attr);
 }
@@ -8679,6 +8680,9 @@ static int nft_verdict_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_data *data,
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		if (nft_chain_is_bound(chain))
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (desc->flags & NFT_DATA_DESC_SETELEM &&
+		    chain->flags & NFT_CHAIN_BINDING)
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 		chain->use++;
 		data->verdict.chain = chain;