diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
index b37a7d608134..158514281a75 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct nf_flowtable_type {
 struct nf_flowtable {
 	struct list_head		list;
 	struct rhashtable		rhashtable;
+	int				priority;
 	const struct nf_flowtable_type	*type;
 	struct delayed_work		gc_work;
 };
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 001d294edf57..d529dfb5aa64 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -1155,7 +1155,6 @@ void nft_unregister_obj(struct nft_object_type *obj_type);
  * 	@table: the table the flow table is contained in
  *	@name: name of this flow table
  *	@hooknum: hook number
- *	@priority: hook priority
  *	@ops_len: number of hooks in array
  *	@genmask: generation mask
  *	@use: number of references to this flow table
@@ -1169,7 +1168,6 @@ struct nft_flowtable {
 	struct nft_table		*table;
 	char				*name;
 	int				hooknum;
-	int				priority;
 	int				ops_len;
 	u32				genmask:2,
 					use:30;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index d481f9baca2f..bfea0d6effc5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5706,10 +5706,10 @@ static int nf_tables_flowtable_parse_hook(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	if (!ops)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	flowtable->hooknum	= hooknum;
-	flowtable->priority	= priority;
-	flowtable->ops		= ops;
-	flowtable->ops_len	= n;
+	flowtable->hooknum		= hooknum;
+	flowtable->data.priority	= priority;
+	flowtable->ops			= ops;
+	flowtable->ops_len		= n;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		flowtable->ops[i].pf		= NFPROTO_NETDEV;
@@ -5969,7 +5969,7 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_flowtable_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 	if (!nest)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_NUM, htonl(flowtable->hooknum)) ||
-	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_PRIORITY, htonl(flowtable->priority)))
+	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_PRIORITY, htonl(flowtable->data.priority)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	nest_devs = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_DEVS);