diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index eb0e40c29712..088244f9d838 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ static const struct nla_policy nft_payload_policy[NFTA_PAYLOAD_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_SREG]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_DREG]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_BASE]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_LEN]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET]		= NLA_POLICY_MAX_BE(NLA_U32, 255),
+	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_LEN]		= NLA_POLICY_MAX_BE(NLA_U32, 255),
 	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_CSUM_TYPE]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_CSUM_OFFSET]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_CSUM_OFFSET]	= NLA_POLICY_MAX_BE(NLA_U32, 255),
 	[NFTA_PAYLOAD_CSUM_FLAGS]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };