diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 69c8c8c7e9b8..334db22199c1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1321,15 +1321,11 @@ static int ctnetlink_parse_tuple_ip(struct nlattr *attr,
 	struct nlattr *tb[CTA_IP_MAX+1];
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ret = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, CTA_IP_MAX, attr, NULL, NULL);
+	ret = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, CTA_IP_MAX, attr,
+					  cta_ip_nla_policy, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = nla_validate_nested_deprecated(attr, CTA_IP_MAX,
-					     cta_ip_nla_policy, NULL);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	switch (tuple->src.l3num) {
 	case NFPROTO_IPV4:
 		ret = ipv4_nlattr_to_tuple(tb, tuple, flags);