diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
index 86bb9d7797d9..aac98a3c966e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
@@ -1250,7 +1250,31 @@ static int nft_ct_expect_obj_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	if (tb[NFTA_CT_EXPECT_L3PROTO])
 		priv->l3num = ntohs(nla_get_be16(tb[NFTA_CT_EXPECT_L3PROTO]));
 
+	switch (priv->l3num) {
+	case NFPROTO_IPV4:
+	case NFPROTO_IPV6:
+		if (priv->l3num != ctx->family)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		fallthrough;
+	case NFPROTO_INET:
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	priv->l4proto = nla_get_u8(tb[NFTA_CT_EXPECT_L4PROTO]);
+	switch (priv->l4proto) {
+	case IPPROTO_TCP:
+	case IPPROTO_UDP:
+	case IPPROTO_UDPLITE:
+	case IPPROTO_DCCP:
+	case IPPROTO_SCTP:
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	priv->dport = nla_get_be16(tb[NFTA_CT_EXPECT_DPORT]);
 	priv->timeout = nla_get_u32(tb[NFTA_CT_EXPECT_TIMEOUT]);
 	priv->size = nla_get_u8(tb[NFTA_CT_EXPECT_SIZE]);