diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index af357f6c5070..3a7c8f7a6304 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -8715,18 +8715,17 @@ static int nf_tables_delobj(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 	return nft_delobj(&ctx, obj);
 }
 
-static void
-__nft_obj_notify(struct net *net, const struct nft_table *table,
-		 struct nft_object *obj, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
-		 u16 flags, int family, int report, gfp_t gfp)
+static struct sk_buff *
+nft_obj_notify_alloc(struct net *net, const struct nft_table *table,
+		     struct nft_object *obj, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
+		     u16 flags, int family, int report, gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	struct nftables_pernet *nft_net = nft_pernet(net);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!report &&
 	    !nfnetlink_has_listeners(net, NFNLGRP_NFTABLES))
-		return;
+		return NULL;
 
 	skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp);
 	if (skb == NULL)
@@ -8740,10 +8739,10 @@ __nft_obj_notify(struct net *net, const struct nft_table *table,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	nft_notify_enqueue(skb, report, &nft_net->notify_list);
-	return;
+	return skb;
 err:
 	nfnetlink_set_err(net, portid, NFNLGRP_NFTABLES, -ENOBUFS);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 void nft_obj_notify(struct net *net, const struct nft_table *table,
@@ -8752,6 +8751,7 @@ void nft_obj_notify(struct net *net, const struct nft_table *table,
 {
 	char *buf = kasprintf(gfp, "%s:%u",
 			      table->name, nft_base_seq(net));
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	audit_log_nfcfg(buf,
 			family,
@@ -8762,17 +8762,27 @@ void nft_obj_notify(struct net *net, const struct nft_table *table,
 			gfp);
 	kfree(buf);
 
-	__nft_obj_notify(net, table, obj, portid, seq, event,
-			 flags, family, report, gfp);
+	/* Called from the packet path, holding no mutex: notify_list is
+	 * serialised by commit_mutex, so send this notification directly.
+	 */
+	skb = nft_obj_notify_alloc(net, table, obj, portid, seq, event,
+				   flags, family, report, gfp);
+	if (skb)
+		nfnetlink_send(skb, net, portid, NFNLGRP_NFTABLES, report, gfp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_obj_notify);
 
 static void nf_tables_obj_notify(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 				 struct nft_object *obj, int event)
 {
-	__nft_obj_notify(ctx->net, ctx->table, obj, ctx->portid,
-			 ctx->seq, event, ctx->flags, ctx->family,
-			 ctx->report, GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct nftables_pernet *nft_net = nft_pernet(ctx->net);
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	skb = nft_obj_notify_alloc(ctx->net, ctx->table, obj, ctx->portid,
+				   ctx->seq, event, ctx->flags, ctx->family,
+				   ctx->report, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (skb)
+		nft_notify_enqueue(skb, ctx->report, &nft_net->notify_list);
 }
 
 /*