diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 28b6ee53305f..b1633e7ba529 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ enum nft_rule_compat_attributes {
  * @NFT_SET_EVAL: set can be updated from the evaluation path
  * @NFT_SET_OBJECT: set contains stateful objects
  * @NFT_SET_CONCAT: set contains a concatenation
+ * @NFT_SET_EXPR: set contains expressions
  */
 enum nft_set_flags {
 	NFT_SET_ANONYMOUS		= 0x1,
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ enum nft_set_flags {
 	NFT_SET_EVAL			= 0x20,
 	NFT_SET_OBJECT			= 0x40,
 	NFT_SET_CONCAT			= 0x80,
+	NFT_SET_EXPR			= 0x100,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -706,6 +708,7 @@ enum nft_dynset_ops {
 
 enum nft_dynset_flags {
 	NFT_DYNSET_F_INV	= (1 << 0),
+	NFT_DYNSET_F_EXPR	= (1 << 1),
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 4186b1e52d58..15c467f1a9dd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4162,7 +4162,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newset(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 		if (flags & ~(NFT_SET_ANONYMOUS | NFT_SET_CONSTANT |
 			      NFT_SET_INTERVAL | NFT_SET_TIMEOUT |
 			      NFT_SET_MAP | NFT_SET_EVAL |
-			      NFT_SET_OBJECT | NFT_SET_CONCAT))
+			      NFT_SET_OBJECT | NFT_SET_CONCAT | NFT_SET_EXPR))
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		/* Only one of these operations is supported */
 		if ((flags & (NFT_SET_MAP | NFT_SET_OBJECT)) ==
@@ -4304,6 +4304,10 @@ static int nf_tables_newset(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 		struct nlattr *tmp;
 		int left;
 
+		if (!(flags & NFT_SET_EXPR)) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_set_alloc_name;
+		}
 		i = 0;
 		nla_for_each_nested(tmp, nla[NFTA_SET_EXPRESSIONS], left) {
 			if (i == NFT_SET_EXPR_MAX) {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c b/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
index f35df221a633..0b053f75cd60 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct nft_dynset {
 	enum nft_registers		sreg_key:8;
 	enum nft_registers		sreg_data:8;
 	bool				invert;
+	bool				expr;
 	u8				num_exprs;
 	u64				timeout;
 	struct nft_expr			*expr_array[NFT_SET_EXPR_MAX];
@@ -175,11 +176,12 @@ static int nft_dynset_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 	if (tb[NFTA_DYNSET_FLAGS]) {
 		u32 flags = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_DYNSET_FLAGS]));
-
-		if (flags & ~NFT_DYNSET_F_INV)
+		if (flags & ~(NFT_DYNSET_F_INV | NFT_DYNSET_F_EXPR))
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		if (flags & NFT_DYNSET_F_INV)
 			priv->invert = true;
+		if (flags & NFT_DYNSET_F_EXPR)
+			priv->expr = true;
 	}
 
 	set = nft_set_lookup_global(ctx->net, ctx->table,
@@ -261,6 +263,9 @@ static int nft_dynset_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 		struct nlattr *tmp;
 		int left;
 
+		if (!priv->expr)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		i = 0;
 		nla_for_each_nested(tmp, tb[NFTA_DYNSET_EXPRESSIONS], left) {
 			if (i == NFT_SET_EXPR_MAX) {