diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index ed9af46720e148513414b31708366d61c9a110da..38654730230b2c7861591cd4db3c9dd07d242ac2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4439,6 +4439,8 @@ static int nft_add_set_elem(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 err5:
 	kfree(trans);
 err4:
+	if (obj)
+		obj->use--;
 	kfree(elem.priv);
 err3:
 	if (nla[NFTA_SET_ELEM_DATA] != NULL)