diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 51d2cbc8ae1338dbaf042dadde5de48efe9a4c0a..172fdd2105480bdd52af2fe88b71535a02e375a4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2716,8 +2716,11 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 	nf_tables_rule_release(&ctx, rule);
 err1:
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		if (info[i].ops != NULL)
+		if (info[i].ops) {
 			module_put(info[i].ops->type->owner);
+			if (info[i].ops->type->release_ops)
+				info[i].ops->type->release_ops(info[i].ops);
+		}
 	}
 	kvfree(info);
 	return err;