diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index 31a9d63921d6..e104760f7a67 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 static struct nf_logger *nf_logging[NPROTO]; /* = NULL */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nf_log_lock);
 
+/* return EBUSY if somebody else is registered, EEXIST if the same logger
+ * is registred, 0 on success. */
 int nf_log_register(int pf, struct nf_logger *logger)
 {
 	int ret = -EBUSY;
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ int nf_log_register(int pf, struct nf_logger *logger)
 	if (!nf_logging[pf]) {
 		rcu_assign_pointer(nf_logging[pf], logger);
 		ret = 0;
-	}
+	} else if (nf_logging[pf] == logger)
+		ret = -EEXIST;
+
 	spin_unlock(&nf_log_lock);
 	return ret;
 }		
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
index 8a67bde8b640..d10d552d9c40 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ static struct nf_queue_rerouter *queue_rerouter;
 
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(queue_handler_lock);
 
+/* return EBUSY when somebody else is registered, return EEXIST if the
+ * same handler is registered, return 0 in case of success. */
 int nf_register_queue_handler(int pf, struct nf_queue_handler *qh)
 {      
 	int ret;
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ int nf_register_queue_handler(int pf, struct nf_queue_handler *qh)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&queue_handler_lock);
-	if (queue_handler[pf])
+	if (queue_handler[pf] == qh)
+		ret = -EEXIST;
+	else if (queue_handler[pf])
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 	else {
 		queue_handler[pf] = qh;