diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.h
index e0d8fd8d4d24..3b1c1360aedf 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.h
@@ -95,5 +95,6 @@ enum nfqnl_attr_config {
 /* Flags for NFQA_CFG_FLAGS */
 #define NFQA_CFG_F_FAIL_OPEN			(1 << 0)
 #define NFQA_CFG_F_CONNTRACK			(1 << 1)
+#define NFQA_CFG_F_MAX				(1 << 2)
 
 #endif /* _NFNETLINK_QUEUE_H */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
index a0b64920039d..c0496a55ad0c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
@@ -910,6 +910,11 @@ nfqnl_recv_config(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		flags = ntohl(nla_get_be32(nfqa[NFQA_CFG_FLAGS]));
 		mask = ntohl(nla_get_be32(nfqa[NFQA_CFG_MASK]));
 
+		if (flags >= NFQA_CFG_F_MAX) {
+			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto err_out_unlock;
+		}
+
 		spin_lock_bh(&queue->lock);
 		queue->flags &= ~mask;
 		queue->flags |= flags & mask;