diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 073aa1051d43..5792e9dcd9bc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -6550,12 +6550,22 @@ static int nf_tables_newflowtable(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void nft_flowtable_hook_release(struct nft_flowtable_hook *flowtable_hook)
+{
+	struct nft_hook *this, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(this, next, &flowtable_hook->list, list) {
+		list_del(&this->list);
+		kfree(this);
+	}
+}
+
 static int nft_delflowtable_hook(struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 				 struct nft_flowtable *flowtable)
 {
 	const struct nlattr * const *nla = ctx->nla;
 	struct nft_flowtable_hook flowtable_hook;
-	struct nft_hook *this, *next, *hook;
+	struct nft_hook *this, *hook;
 	struct nft_trans *trans;
 	int err;
 
@@ -6564,33 +6574,40 @@ static int nft_delflowtable_hook(struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(this, next, &flowtable_hook.list, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(this, &flowtable_hook.list, list) {
 		hook = nft_hook_list_find(&flowtable->hook_list, this);
 		if (!hook) {
 			err = -ENOENT;
 			goto err_flowtable_del_hook;
 		}
 		hook->inactive = true;
-		list_del(&this->list);
-		kfree(this);
 	}
 
 	trans = nft_trans_alloc(ctx, NFT_MSG_DELFLOWTABLE,
 				sizeof(struct nft_trans_flowtable));
-	if (!trans)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!trans) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_flowtable_del_hook;
+	}
 
 	nft_trans_flowtable(trans) = flowtable;
 	nft_trans_flowtable_update(trans) = true;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans));
+	nft_flowtable_hook_release(&flowtable_hook);
 
 	list_add_tail(&trans->list, &ctx->net->nft.commit_list);
 
 	return 0;
 
 err_flowtable_del_hook:
-	list_for_each_entry(hook, &flowtable_hook.list, list)
+	list_for_each_entry(this, &flowtable->hook_list, list) {
+		hook = nft_hook_list_find(&flowtable->hook_list, this);
+		if (!hook)
+			break;
+
 		hook->inactive = false;
+	}
+	nft_flowtable_hook_release(&flowtable_hook);
 
 	return err;
 }