diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 08c005ce56e9..4e82a4c49912 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static inline void nft_data_debug(const struct nft_data *data)
  *	@portid: netlink portID of the original message
  *	@seq: netlink sequence number
  *	@family: protocol family
+ *	@level: depth of the chains
  *	@report: notify via unicast netlink message
  */
 struct nft_ctx {
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ struct nft_ctx {
 	u32				portid;
 	u32				seq;
 	u8				family;
+	u8				level;
 	bool				report;
 };
 
@@ -865,7 +867,6 @@ enum nft_chain_flags {
  *	@table: table that this chain belongs to
  *	@handle: chain handle
  *	@use: number of jump references to this chain
- *	@level: length of longest path to this chain
  *	@flags: bitmask of enum nft_chain_flags
  *	@name: name of the chain
  */
@@ -878,7 +879,6 @@ struct nft_chain {
 	struct nft_table		*table;
 	u64				handle;
 	u32				use;
-	u16				level;
 	u8				flags:6,
 					genmask:2;
 	char				*name;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 896d4a36081d..d41fa2c82f14 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static void nft_ctx_init(struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 {
 	ctx->net	= net;
 	ctx->family	= family;
+	ctx->level	= 0;
 	ctx->table	= table;
 	ctx->chain	= chain;
 	ctx->nla   	= nla;
@@ -2384,6 +2385,9 @@ int nft_chain_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_chain *chain)
 	struct nft_rule *rule;
 	int err;
 
+	if (ctx->level == NFT_JUMP_STACK_SIZE)
+		return -EMLINK;
+
 	list_for_each_entry(rule, &chain->rules, list) {
 		if (!nft_is_active_next(ctx->net, rule))
 			continue;
@@ -6837,13 +6841,6 @@ int nft_validate_register_store(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 			err = nf_tables_check_loops(ctx, data->verdict.chain);
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
-
-			if (ctx->chain->level + 1 >
-			    data->verdict.chain->level) {
-				if (ctx->chain->level + 1 == NFT_JUMP_STACK_SIZE)
-					return -EMLINK;
-				data->verdict.chain->level = ctx->chain->level + 1;
-			}
 		}
 
 		return 0;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c b/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
index 15adf8ca82c3..0777a93211e2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_immediate.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static int nft_immediate_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 				  const struct nft_data **d)
 {
 	const struct nft_immediate_expr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
+	struct nft_ctx *pctx = (struct nft_ctx *)ctx;
 	const struct nft_data *data;
 	int err;
 
@@ -109,9 +110,11 @@ static int nft_immediate_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	switch (data->verdict.code) {
 	case NFT_JUMP:
 	case NFT_GOTO:
+		pctx->level++;
 		err = nft_chain_validate(ctx, data->verdict.chain);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
+		pctx->level--;
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
index 42e6fadf1417..c2a1d84cdfc4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ static int nft_lookup_validate_setelem(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 				       struct nft_set_elem *elem)
 {
 	const struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
+	struct nft_ctx *pctx = (struct nft_ctx *)ctx;
 	const struct nft_data *data;
+	int err;
 
 	if (nft_set_ext_exists(ext, NFT_SET_EXT_FLAGS) &&
 	    *nft_set_ext_flags(ext) & NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END)
@@ -165,10 +167,17 @@ static int nft_lookup_validate_setelem(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	switch (data->verdict.code) {
 	case NFT_JUMP:
 	case NFT_GOTO:
-		return nft_chain_validate(ctx, data->verdict.chain);
+		pctx->level++;
+		err = nft_chain_validate(ctx, data->verdict.chain);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+		pctx->level--;
+		break;
 	default:
-		return 0;
+		break;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int nft_lookup_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,