diff --git a/include/net/fib_rules.h b/include/net/fib_rules.h
index 68542b565cf75919b22e1c9ea3d873dba4cad951..e4ba781d289f1aba59d7f836eca386a028de3358 100644
--- a/include/net/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/net/fib_rules.h
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ struct fib_rules_ops
 	struct module		*owner;
 };
 
+#define FRA_GENERIC_POLICY \
+	[FRA_IFNAME]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ - 1 }, \
+	[FRA_PRIORITY]	= { .type = NLA_U32 }, \
+	[FRA_FWMARK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 }, \
+	[FRA_FWMASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 }, \
+	[FRA_TABLE]     = { .type = NLA_U32 }
+
 static inline void fib_rule_get(struct fib_rule *rule)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&rule->refcnt);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_rules.c b/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
index 1f5d23c96681dc0e8e553b070fd3da8d60bde49e..e32d0c3d5a96a3e3ec5b040ef4b1d365e68b4125 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
@@ -108,13 +108,9 @@ static int dn_fib_rule_action(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *flp,
 }
 
 static struct nla_policy dn_fib_rule_policy[FRA_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
-	[FRA_IFNAME]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ - 1 },
-	[FRA_PRIORITY]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	FRA_GENERIC_POLICY,
 	[FRA_SRC]	= { .type = NLA_U16 },
 	[FRA_DST]	= { .type = NLA_U16 },
-	[FRA_FWMARK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[FRA_FWMASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[FRA_TABLE]     = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static int dn_fib_rule_match(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *fl, int flags)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index d2a190a35d65f962147e67e78d926aa44167e442..fd4a8cd4c06eeaf8ee64f410f7aa5c636509d2ba 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -170,14 +170,10 @@ static struct fib_table *fib_empty_table(void)
 }
 
 static struct nla_policy fib4_rule_policy[FRA_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
-	[FRA_IFNAME]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ - 1 },
-	[FRA_PRIORITY]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	FRA_GENERIC_POLICY,
 	[FRA_SRC]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[FRA_DST]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[FRA_FWMARK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[FRA_FWMASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[FRA_FLOW]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[FRA_TABLE]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static int fib4_rule_configure(struct fib_rule *rule, struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index 26374cbe2bc2d5ce1cd2e3d04f469cac79897b32..8377477b2c1931a1433c53b8a5917b04dd479219 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -130,13 +130,9 @@ static int fib6_rule_match(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *fl, int flags)
 }
 
 static struct nla_policy fib6_rule_policy[FRA_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
-	[FRA_IFNAME]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ - 1 },
-	[FRA_PRIORITY]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	FRA_GENERIC_POLICY,
 	[FRA_SRC]	= { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
 	[FRA_DST]	= { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
-	[FRA_FWMARK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[FRA_FWMASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[FRA_TABLE]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static int fib6_rule_configure(struct fib_rule *rule, struct sk_buff *skb,