diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index 27b844a67ec1..1b940512d87b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ __build_packet_message(struct nfulnl_instance *inst,
 	}
 
 	nlh->nlmsg_len = inst->skb->tail - old_tail;
+	inst->lastnlh = nlh;
 	return 0;
 
 nlmsg_failure: