--- x/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ y/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -652,6 +652,13 @@ ebt_cleanup_watcher(struct ebt_entry_wat
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int ebt_entry_dryrun(struct ebt_entry *e, struct net *net, unsigned int *cnt)
+{
+	if (cnt && (*cnt)-- == 0)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int
 ebt_cleanup_entry(struct ebt_entry *e, struct net *net, unsigned int *cnt)
 {
@@ -1233,6 +1240,10 @@ int ebt_register_table(struct net *net,
 		goto free_chainstack;
 
 	table->private = newinfo;
+	ret = EBT_ENTRY_ITERATE(table->private->entries, table->private->entries_size,
+				ebt_entry_dryrun, net, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto free_chainstack;
 	rwlock_init(&table->lock);
 	mutex_lock(&ebt_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(t, &ebt_net->tables, list) {