diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 0481ac59bcc4..486f9f95f242 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4164,6 +4164,10 @@ static int nf_tables_newset(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 	if (nla[NFTA_SET_GC_INTERVAL] != NULL) {
 		if (!(flags & NFT_SET_TIMEOUT))
 			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (flags & NFT_SET_ANONYMOUS)
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 		gc_int = ntohl(nla_get_be32(nla[NFTA_SET_GC_INTERVAL]));
 	}
 
@@ -5342,6 +5346,10 @@ static int nft_add_set_elem(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 	if (nla[NFTA_SET_ELEM_TIMEOUT] != NULL) {
 		if (!(set->flags & NFT_SET_TIMEOUT))
 			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (flags & NFT_SET_ANONYMOUS)
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 		err = nf_msecs_to_jiffies64(nla[NFTA_SET_ELEM_TIMEOUT],
 					    &timeout);
 		if (err)