diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
index 137e308d5b24c0865336da92e97686d8fef0b9d1..7ce8fd7ace78d2686a156299604f22cf56f0b9f4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@ static int nft_ct_get_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
+	if (priv->key == NFT_CT_BYTES || priv->key == NFT_CT_PKTS)
+		nf_ct_set_acct(ctx->net, true);
+
 	return 0;
 }