diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index 1d82dd5e9a08..1b49209dd5c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct nfnetlink_subsystem {
 	const struct nfnl_callback *cb;	/* callback for individual types */
 	int (*commit)(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb);
 	int (*abort)(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb);
+	bool (*valid_genid)(struct net *net, u32 genid);
 };
 
 int nfnetlink_subsys_register(const struct nfnetlink_subsystem *n);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index 4bb8cb7730e7..a09906a30d77 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -65,4 +65,16 @@ struct nfgenmsg {
 #define NFNL_MSG_BATCH_BEGIN		NLMSG_MIN_TYPE
 #define NFNL_MSG_BATCH_END		NLMSG_MIN_TYPE+1
 
+/**
+ * enum nfnl_batch_attributes - nfnetlink batch netlink attributes
+ *
+ * @NFNL_BATCH_GENID: generation ID for this changeset (NLA_U32)
+ */
+enum nfnl_batch_attributes {
+        NFNL_BATCH_UNSPEC,
+        NFNL_BATCH_GENID,
+        __NFNL_BATCH_MAX
+};
+#define NFNL_BATCH_MAX			(__NFNL_BATCH_MAX - 1)
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_NFNETLINK_H */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index ca645a3b1375..a2148d0bc50e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * (C) 2001 by Jay Schulist <jschlst@samba.org>,
  * (C) 2002-2005 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
- * (C) 2005,2007 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+ * (C) 2005-2017 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
  *
  * Initial netfilter messages via netlink development funded and
  * generally made possible by Network Robots, Inc. (www.networkrobots.com)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 static void nfnetlink_rcv_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
-				u16 subsys_id)
+				u16 subsys_id, u32 genid)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *oskb = skb;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ replay:
 		return kfree_skb(skb);
 	}
 
+	if (genid && ss->valid_genid && !ss->valid_genid(net, genid)) {
+		nfnl_unlock(subsys_id);
+		netlink_ack(oskb, nlh, -ERESTART);
+		return kfree_skb(skb);
+	}
+
 	while (skb->len >= nlmsg_total_size(0)) {
 		int msglen, type;
 
@@ -436,11 +442,20 @@ done:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
+static const struct nla_policy nfnl_batch_policy[NFNL_BATCH_MAX + 1] = {
+	[NFNL_BATCH_GENID]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+};
+
 static void nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
+	int min_len = nlmsg_total_size(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg));
+	struct nlattr *attr = (void *)nlh + min_len;
+	struct nlattr *cda[NFNL_BATCH_MAX + 1];
+	int attrlen = nlh->nlmsg_len - min_len;
 	struct nfgenmsg *nfgenmsg;
+	int msglen, err;
+	u32 gen_id = 0;
 	u16 res_id;
-	int msglen;
 
 	msglen = NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len);
 	if (msglen > skb->len)
@@ -450,6 +465,14 @@ static void nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	    skb->len < NLMSG_HDRLEN + sizeof(struct nfgenmsg))
 		return;
 
+	err = nla_parse(cda, NFNL_BATCH_MAX, attr, attrlen, nfnl_batch_policy);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		netlink_ack(skb, nlh, err);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (cda[NFNL_BATCH_GENID])
+		gen_id = ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[NFNL_BATCH_GENID]));
+
 	nfgenmsg = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	skb_pull(skb, msglen);
 	/* Work around old nft using host byte order */
@@ -458,7 +481,7 @@ static void nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	else
 		res_id = ntohs(nfgenmsg->res_id);
 
-	nfnetlink_rcv_batch(skb, nlh, res_id);
+	nfnetlink_rcv_batch(skb, nlh, res_id, gen_id);
 }
 
 static void nfnetlink_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)