diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 2285548f0292..17c34afa6779 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -9680,10 +9680,11 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 	struct nft_trans *trans, *next;
 	LIST_HEAD(set_update_list);
 	struct nft_trans_elem *te;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (action == NFNL_ABORT_VALIDATE &&
 	    nf_tables_validate(net) < 0)
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		err = -EAGAIN;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(trans, next, &nft_net->commit_list,
 					 list) {
@@ -9859,7 +9860,7 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 	else
 		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
 
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -9873,6 +9874,8 @@ static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ret = __nf_tables_abort(net, action);
 	nft_gc_seq_end(nft_net, gc_seq);
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list));
+
 	mutex_unlock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -10674,9 +10677,10 @@ static void __net_exit nf_tables_exit_net(struct net *net)
 
 	gc_seq = nft_gc_seq_begin(nft_net);
 
-	if (!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list) ||
-	    !list_empty(&nft_net->module_list))
-		__nf_tables_abort(net, NFNL_ABORT_NONE);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list));
+
+	if (!list_empty(&nft_net->module_list))
+		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
 
 	__nft_release_tables(net);