diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index 89016d08f6a27..f6267e2883f26 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ struct nfnl_callback {
 	const u_int16_t attr_count;		/* number of nlattr's */
 };
 
+enum nfnl_abort_action {
+	NFNL_ABORT_NONE		= 0,
+	NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD,
+	NFNL_ABORT_VALIDATE,
+};
+
 struct nfnetlink_subsystem {
 	const char *name;
 	__u8 subsys_id;			/* nfnetlink subsystem ID */
@@ -31,7 +37,8 @@ struct nfnetlink_subsystem {
 	const struct nfnl_callback *cb;	/* callback for individual types */
 	struct module *owner;
 	int (*commit)(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb);
-	int (*abort)(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, bool autoload);
+	int (*abort)(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		     enum nfnl_abort_action action);
 	void (*cleanup)(struct net *net);
 	bool (*valid_genid)(struct net *net, u32 genid);
 };
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 5a77b7a177229..51391d5d22656 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -7010,11 +7010,15 @@ static void nf_tables_abort_release(struct nft_trans *trans)
 	kfree(trans);
 }
 
-static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, bool autoload)
+static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 {
 	struct nft_trans *trans, *next;
 	struct nft_trans_elem *te;
 
+	if (action == NFNL_ABORT_VALIDATE &&
+	    nf_tables_validate(net) < 0)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(trans, next, &net->nft.commit_list,
 					 list) {
 		switch (trans->msg_type) {
@@ -7132,7 +7136,7 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, bool autoload)
 		nf_tables_abort_release(trans);
 	}
 
-	if (autoload)
+	if (action == NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD)
 		nf_tables_module_autoload(net);
 	else
 		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
@@ -7145,9 +7149,10 @@ static void nf_tables_cleanup(struct net *net)
 	nft_validate_state_update(net, NFT_VALIDATE_SKIP);
 }
 
-static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, bool autoload)
+static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			   enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 {
-	int ret = __nf_tables_abort(net, autoload);
+	int ret = __nf_tables_abort(net, action);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&net->nft.commit_mutex);
 
@@ -7754,7 +7759,7 @@ static void __net_exit nf_tables_exit_net(struct net *net)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&net->nft.commit_mutex);
 	if (!list_empty(&net->nft.commit_list))
-		__nf_tables_abort(net, false);
+		__nf_tables_abort(net, NFNL_ABORT_NONE);
 	__nft_release_tables(net);
 	mutex_unlock(&net->nft.commit_mutex);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&net->nft.tables));
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 6d03b09096210..81c86a156c6c0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static void nfnetlink_rcv_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		return netlink_ack(skb, nlh, -EINVAL, NULL);
 replay:
 	status = 0;
-
+replay_abort:
 	skb = netlink_skb_clone(oskb, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return netlink_ack(oskb, nlh, -ENOMEM, NULL);
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ ack:
 	}
 done:
 	if (status & NFNL_BATCH_REPLAY) {
-		ss->abort(net, oskb, true);
+		ss->abort(net, oskb, NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD);
 		nfnl_err_reset(&err_list);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		module_put(ss->owner);
@@ -492,11 +492,25 @@ done:
 			status |= NFNL_BATCH_REPLAY;
 			goto done;
 		} else if (err) {
-			ss->abort(net, oskb, false);
+			ss->abort(net, oskb, NFNL_ABORT_NONE);
 			netlink_ack(oskb, nlmsg_hdr(oskb), err, NULL);
 		}
 	} else {
-		ss->abort(net, oskb, false);
+		enum nfnl_abort_action abort_action;
+
+		if (status & NFNL_BATCH_FAILURE)
+			abort_action = NFNL_ABORT_NONE;
+		else
+			abort_action = NFNL_ABORT_VALIDATE;
+
+		err = ss->abort(net, oskb, abort_action);
+		if (err == -EAGAIN) {
+			nfnl_err_reset(&err_list);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			module_put(ss->owner);
+			status |= NFNL_BATCH_FAILURE;
+			goto replay_abort;
+		}
 	}
 	if (ss->cleanup)
 		ss->cleanup(net);
