diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index c4d86198d3d6542088ed6db8d4daed2adf191806..3d7292392fac91ca806b12945fd9eb190c21a031 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ void nft_unregister_set(struct nft_set_ops *ops);
  * 	@dtype: data type (verdict or numeric type defined by userspace)
  * 	@size: maximum set size
  * 	@nelems: number of elements
+ *	@policy: set parameterization (see enum nft_set_policies)
  * 	@ops: set ops
  * 	@flags: set flags
  * 	@klen: key length
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ struct nft_set {
 	u32				dtype;
 	u32				size;
 	u32				nelems;
+	u16				policy;
 	/* runtime data below here */
 	const struct nft_set_ops	*ops ____cacheline_aligned;
 	u16				flags;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index a476b99621551e8bb27aa06b9d67878c3ab4a43f..19e79f0d9ad25f121c8860f07e012a96ba0af528 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2344,6 +2344,11 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_set(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
+	if (set->policy != NFT_SET_POL_PERFORMANCE) {
+		if (nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_SET_POLICY, htonl(set->policy)))
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+	}
+
 	desc = nla_nest_start(skb, NFTA_SET_DESC);
 	if (desc == NULL)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -2669,6 +2674,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newset(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	set->dlen  = desc.dlen;
 	set->flags = flags;
 	set->size  = desc.size;
+	set->policy = policy;
 
 	err = ops->init(set, &desc, nla);
 	if (err < 0)