diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 7e686948ddca379068719817e5715e9ce0749784..b54360634e95dbaa36260dd8cd3875d781fa6072 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1134,9 +1134,11 @@ static struct nft_stats __percpu *nft_stats_alloc(const struct nlattr *attr)
 	/* Restore old counters on this cpu, no problem. Per-cpu statistics
 	 * are not exposed to userspace.
 	 */
+	preempt_disable();
 	stats = this_cpu_ptr(newstats);
 	stats->bytes = be64_to_cpu(nla_get_be64(tb[NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES]));
 	stats->pkts = be64_to_cpu(nla_get_be64(tb[NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS]));
+	preempt_enable();
 
 	return newstats;
 }