diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
index ba0d3683a45d..9139ce38ea7b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
@@ -839,6 +839,9 @@ static int nft_meta_inner_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	unsigned int len;
 
+	if (!tb[NFTA_META_KEY] || !tb[NFTA_META_DREG])
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	priv->key = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_META_KEY]));
 	switch (priv->key) {
 	case NFT_META_PROTOCOL:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index 0c43d748e23a..50429cbd42da 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ static int nft_payload_inner_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	struct nft_payload *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	u32 base;
 
+	if (!tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_BASE] || !tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET] ||
+	    !tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_LEN] || !tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_DREG])
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	base   = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_BASE]));
 	switch (base) {
 	case NFT_PAYLOAD_TUN_HEADER: