diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c b/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
index 9d5947ab8d4e..e646e9ee4a98 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c
@@ -167,12 +167,24 @@ nla_put_failure:
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static bool nft_byteorder_reduce(struct nft_regs_track *track,
+				 const struct nft_expr *expr)
+{
+	struct nft_byteorder *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
+
+	track->regs[priv->dreg].selector = NULL;
+	track->regs[priv->dreg].bitwise = NULL;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static const struct nft_expr_ops nft_byteorder_ops = {
 	.type		= &nft_byteorder_type,
 	.size		= NFT_EXPR_SIZE(sizeof(struct nft_byteorder)),
 	.eval		= nft_byteorder_eval,
 	.init		= nft_byteorder_init,
 	.dump		= nft_byteorder_dump,
+	.reduce		= nft_byteorder_reduce,
 };
 
 struct nft_expr_type nft_byteorder_type __read_mostly = {