diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 39369ea2df0c..ab4566cfcbe4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	nfmsg = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-	nfmsg->nfgen_family = NFPROTO_UNSPEC;
+	nfmsg->nfgen_family = ctx.afi->family;
 	nfmsg->version      = NFNETLINK_V0;
 	nfmsg->res_id       = 0;