diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 513f931186043f2ded3f1844374decd79768c44b..ef7772e976cc802afc64ea25d28f1fbecde773be 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2806,8 +2806,11 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 	nf_tables_rule_release(&ctx, rule);
 err1:
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		if (info[i].ops != NULL)
+		if (info[i].ops) {
 			module_put(info[i].ops->type->owner);
+			if (info[i].ops->type->release_ops)
+				info[i].ops->type->release_ops(info[i].ops);
+		}
 	}
 	kvfree(info);
 	return err;