diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 974b95dece1db95d18e1ca55cb3526bed801024e..2abf473c8f6729613b96e1d1f4865d0bb8ace759 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -7023,6 +7023,9 @@ static int nf_tables_newobj(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 		type = __nft_obj_type_get(objtype);
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!type))
+			return -ENOENT;
+
 		nft_ctx_init(&ctx, net, skb, info->nlh, family, table, NULL, nla);
 
 		return nf_tables_updobj(&ctx, type, nla[NFTA_OBJ_DATA], obj);