diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 54ff4d3bcd54..8a5fca1e61be 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4683,8 +4683,16 @@ static int nf_tables_newset(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 	}
 
 	desc.policy = NFT_SET_POL_PERFORMANCE;
-	if (nla[NFTA_SET_POLICY] != NULL)
+	if (nla[NFTA_SET_POLICY] != NULL) {
 		desc.policy = ntohl(nla_get_be32(nla[NFTA_SET_POLICY]));
+		switch (desc.policy) {
+		case NFT_SET_POL_PERFORMANCE:
+		case NFT_SET_POL_MEMORY:
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (nla[NFTA_SET_DESC] != NULL) {
 		err = nf_tables_set_desc_parse(&desc, nla[NFTA_SET_DESC]);