diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index 4a520d3304a2fa..cf09ab37b45b7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -62,18 +62,6 @@ static inline bool lockdep_nfnl_is_held(__u8 subsys_id)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING */
 
-/*
- * nfnl_dereference - fetch RCU pointer when updates are prevented by subsys mutex
- *
- * @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
- * @ss: The nfnetlink subsystem ID
- *
- * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
- * the READ_ONCE(), because caller holds the NFNL subsystem mutex.
- */
-#define nfnl_dereference(p, ss)					\
-	rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_nfnl_is_held(ss))
-
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_NFNL_SUBSYS(subsys) \
 	MODULE_ALIAS("nfnetlink-subsys-" __stringify(subsys))
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 2e61aab6ed7313..6e548d7c9f67be 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_chain_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 		if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_CHAIN_TYPE, basechain->type->name))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
-		if (basechain->stats && nft_dump_stats(skb, basechain->stats))
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(basechain->stats) &&
+		    nft_dump_stats(skb, rcu_dereference(basechain->stats)))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
@@ -1392,7 +1393,8 @@ static struct nft_stats __percpu *nft_stats_alloc(const struct nlattr *attr)
 	return newstats;
 }
 
-static void nft_chain_stats_replace(struct nft_base_chain *chain,
+static void nft_chain_stats_replace(struct net *net,
+				    struct nft_base_chain *chain,
 				    struct nft_stats __percpu *newstats)
 {
 	struct nft_stats __percpu *oldstats;
@@ -1400,8 +1402,9 @@ static void nft_chain_stats_replace(struct nft_base_chain *chain,
 	if (newstats == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	if (chain->stats) {
-		oldstats = nfnl_dereference(chain->stats, NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES);
+	if (rcu_access_pointer(chain->stats)) {
+		oldstats = rcu_dereference_protected(chain->stats,
+					lockdep_commit_lock_is_held(net));
 		rcu_assign_pointer(chain->stats, newstats);
 		synchronize_rcu();
 		free_percpu(oldstats);
@@ -1439,9 +1442,10 @@ static void nf_tables_chain_destroy(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 		struct nft_base_chain *basechain = nft_base_chain(chain);
 
 		module_put(basechain->type->owner);
-		free_percpu(basechain->stats);
-		if (basechain->stats)
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(basechain->stats)) {
 			static_branch_dec(&nft_counters_enabled);
+			free_percpu(rcu_dereference_raw(basechain->stats));
+		}
 		kfree(chain->name);
 		kfree(basechain);
 	} else {
@@ -1590,7 +1594,7 @@ static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
 				kfree(basechain);
 				return PTR_ERR(stats);
 			}
-			basechain->stats = stats;
+			rcu_assign_pointer(basechain->stats, stats);
 			static_branch_inc(&nft_counters_enabled);
 		}
 
@@ -6180,7 +6184,8 @@ static void nft_chain_commit_update(struct nft_trans *trans)
 		return;
 
 	basechain = nft_base_chain(trans->ctx.chain);
-	nft_chain_stats_replace(basechain, nft_trans_chain_stats(trans));
+	nft_chain_stats_replace(trans->ctx.net, basechain,
+				nft_trans_chain_stats(trans));
 
 	switch (nft_trans_chain_policy(trans)) {
 	case NF_DROP:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
index 3fbce3b9c5ec0f..a50500232b0a9f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static noinline void nft_update_chain_stats(const struct nft_chain *chain,
 	struct nft_stats *stats;
 
 	base_chain = nft_base_chain(chain);
-	if (!base_chain->stats)
+	if (!rcu_access_pointer(base_chain->stats))
 		return;
 
 	local_bh_disable();