diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.h
index a05134507e7bc806d9afd9ff7c86b95e5df084eb..8da837d2aaf997d5d642b081154c1bf9d2b3b26b 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.h
@@ -71,4 +71,11 @@ extern struct nft_set_type nft_set_hash_fast_type;
 extern struct nft_set_type nft_set_rbtree_type;
 extern struct nft_set_type nft_set_bitmap_type;
 
+struct nft_expr;
+struct nft_regs;
+struct nft_pktinfo;
+void nft_meta_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
+		       struct nft_regs *regs, const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt);
+void nft_lookup_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
+		     struct nft_regs *regs, const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt);
 #endif /* _NET_NF_TABLES_CORE_H */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
index 8de912ca53d3bfb1b2a924cbeb655d8e4d4ebd3a..ffd5c0f9412b4dab673b3294292a2fa6a7da404b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ struct nft_jumpstack {
 	struct nft_rule	*const *rules;
 };
 
+static void expr_call_ops_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
+			       struct nft_regs *regs,
+			       struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
+{
+	unsigned long e = (unsigned long)expr->ops->eval;
+
+	if (e == (unsigned long)nft_meta_get_eval)
+		nft_meta_get_eval(expr, regs, pkt);
+	else if (e == (unsigned long)nft_lookup_eval)
+		nft_lookup_eval(expr, regs, pkt);
+	else
+		expr->ops->eval(expr, regs, pkt);
+}
+
 unsigned int
 nft_do_chain(struct nft_pktinfo *pkt, void *priv)
 {
@@ -153,7 +167,7 @@ nft_do_chain(struct nft_pktinfo *pkt, void *priv)
 				nft_cmp_fast_eval(expr, &regs);
 			else if (expr->ops != &nft_payload_fast_ops ||
 				 !nft_payload_fast_eval(expr, &regs, pkt))
-				expr->ops->eval(expr, &regs, pkt);
+				expr_call_ops_eval(expr, &regs, pkt);
 
 			if (regs.verdict.code != NFT_CONTINUE)
 				break;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
index c2a1d84cdfc460d86b50ae6d28dde2653f1666dd..ad13e8643599722a2eb0376957e126f5b192385d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ struct nft_lookup {
 	struct nft_set_binding		binding;
 };
 
-static void nft_lookup_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
-			    struct nft_regs *regs,
-			    const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
+void nft_lookup_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
+		     struct nft_regs *regs,
+		     const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
 {
 	const struct nft_lookup *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	const struct nft_set *set = priv->set;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
index 2b94dcc4345656a852e171afd7bb853f252ccaf7..297fe7d97c182ffbcbfb15c94f10bdec633f1149 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, nft_prandom_state);
 #include "../bridge/br_private.h"
 #endif
 
-static void nft_meta_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
-			      struct nft_regs *regs,
-			      const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
+void nft_meta_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
+		       struct nft_regs *regs,
+		       const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
 {
 	const struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	const struct sk_buff *skb = pkt->skb;