diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 70277b11f742..27b93daee61f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static int nfnetlink_bind(struct net *net, int group)
 	type = nfnl_group2type[group];
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	ss = nfnetlink_get_subsys(type);
+	ss = nfnetlink_get_subsys(type << 8);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!ss)
 		request_module("nfnetlink-subsys-%d", type);