diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index e496030fdc3b84fa68c0377b67e04fbace19f32e..ddeaa1990e1e986d4a937025cd4f8d04af44451a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2457,7 +2457,7 @@ static int nf_tables_getrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 static void nf_tables_rule_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 				   struct nft_rule *rule)
 {
-	struct nft_expr *expr;
+	struct nft_expr *expr, *next;
 
 	/*
 	 * Careful: some expressions might not be initialized in case this
@@ -2465,8 +2465,9 @@ static void nf_tables_rule_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	 */
 	expr = nft_expr_first(rule);
 	while (expr != nft_expr_last(rule) && expr->ops) {
+		next = nft_expr_next(expr);
 		nf_tables_expr_destroy(ctx, expr);
-		expr = nft_expr_next(expr);
+		expr = next;
 	}
 	kfree(rule);
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c b/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
index 9d0ede4742240f544bbdff40553b73b8e755c7b4..7334e0b80a5effe521bb807dda2ab259a62df8d8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ __nft_match_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		    void *info)
 {
 	struct xt_match *match = expr->ops->data;
+	struct module *me = match->me;
 	struct xt_mtdtor_param par;
 
 	par.net = ctx->net;
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ __nft_match_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		par.match->destroy(&par);
 
 	if (nft_xt_put(container_of(expr->ops, struct nft_xt, ops)))
-		module_put(match->me);
+		module_put(me);
 }
 
 static void