diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index c1eb5cdb30330f5fdb1b3d58e10f87db6bf83ac7..b07703e191080eccf10d0756d9cd0e30b06db223 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -916,6 +916,12 @@ static int nf_tables_updtable(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 	if (flags == ctx->table->flags)
 		return 0;
 
+	if ((nft_table_has_owner(ctx->table) &&
+	     !(flags & NFT_TABLE_F_OWNER)) ||
+	    (!nft_table_has_owner(ctx->table) &&
+	     flags & NFT_TABLE_F_OWNER))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	trans = nft_trans_alloc(ctx, NFT_MSG_NEWTABLE,
 				sizeof(struct nft_trans_table));
 	if (trans == NULL)