diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c b/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
index 218c09e4fddd..d164ef9e6843 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
@@ -384,22 +384,25 @@ static int nft_dynset_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_expr *expr)
 			 nf_jiffies64_to_msecs(priv->timeout),
 			 NFTA_DYNSET_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	if (priv->num_exprs == 1) {
-		if (nft_expr_dump(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_EXPR, priv->expr_array[0]))
-			goto nla_put_failure;
-	} else if (priv->num_exprs > 1) {
-		struct nlattr *nest;
-
-		nest = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_EXPRESSIONS);
-		if (!nest)
-			goto nla_put_failure;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < priv->num_exprs; i++) {
-			if (nft_expr_dump(skb, NFTA_LIST_ELEM,
-					  priv->expr_array[i]))
+	if (priv->set->num_exprs == 0) {
+		if (priv->num_exprs == 1) {
+			if (nft_expr_dump(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_EXPR,
+					  priv->expr_array[0]))
 				goto nla_put_failure;
+		} else if (priv->num_exprs > 1) {
+			struct nlattr *nest;
+
+			nest = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_EXPRESSIONS);
+			if (!nest)
+				goto nla_put_failure;
+
+			for (i = 0; i < priv->num_exprs; i++) {
+				if (nft_expr_dump(skb, NFTA_LIST_ELEM,
+						  priv->expr_array[i]))
+					goto nla_put_failure;
+			}
+			nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 		}
-		nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 	}
 	if (nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_FLAGS, htonl(flags)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;