diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index d45a871b3da686d9bd274da559c495ae553ee089..e6bcf55dcf2008b83a8a40896fcce2e011653e1b 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ static inline void nft_set_gc_batch_add(struct nft_set_gc_batch *gcb,
  *	@policy: netlink attribute policy
  *	@maxattr: highest netlink attribute number
  *	@family: address family for AF-specific types
+ *	@flags: expression type flags
  */
 struct nft_expr_type {
 	const struct nft_expr_ops	*(*select_ops)(const struct nft_ctx *,
@@ -594,8 +595,11 @@ struct nft_expr_type {
 	const struct nla_policy		*policy;
 	unsigned int			maxattr;
 	u8				family;
+	u8				flags;
 };
 
+#define NFT_EXPR_STATEFUL		0x1
+
 /**
  *	struct nft_expr_ops - nf_tables expression operations
  *
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
index 0f6367e3e540cb4cb7ce3a81d5f8048e84418040..17591239229f75564b944dc7db61e1dae6a2f1f1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static struct nft_expr_type nft_counter_type __read_mostly = {
 	.ops		= &nft_counter_ops,
 	.policy		= nft_counter_policy,
 	.maxattr	= NFTA_COUNTER_MAX,
+	.flags		= NFT_EXPR_STATEFUL,
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_limit.c b/net/netfilter/nft_limit.c
index c8620456afd8364d188ba8e7b6a59d34aef92e16..435c1ccd6c0e6a74266b2054a62f603d038ecb00 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_limit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_limit.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static struct nft_expr_type nft_limit_type __read_mostly = {
 	.ops		= &nft_limit_ops,
 	.policy		= nft_limit_policy,
 	.maxattr	= NFTA_LIMIT_MAX,
+	.flags		= NFT_EXPR_STATEFUL,
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 };