if (!basechain) {
                if (!ha[NFTA_HOOK_HOOKNUM] ||
-                   !ha[NFTA_HOOK_PRIORITY])
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                   !ha[NFTA_HOOK_PRIORITY]) {
+                       NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, nla[NFTA_CHAIN_NAME]);
+                       return -ENOENT;
+               }
 
                hook->num = ntohl(nla_get_be32(ha[NFTA_HOOK_HOOKNUM]));
                hook->priority = ntohl(nla_get_be32(ha[NFTA_HOOK_PRIORITY]));
 };
 
 static int nft_flowtable_parse_hook(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
-                                   const struct nlattr *attr,
+                                   const struct nlattr * const nla[],
                                    struct nft_flowtable_hook *flowtable_hook,
                                    struct nft_flowtable *flowtable,
                                    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack, bool add)
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&flowtable_hook->list);
 
-       err = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_MAX, attr,
+       err = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_MAX,
+                                         nla[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK],
                                          nft_flowtable_hook_policy, NULL);
        if (err < 0)
                return err;
 
        if (add) {
                if (!tb[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_NUM] ||
-                   !tb[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_PRIORITY])
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                   !tb[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_PRIORITY]) {
+                       NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, nla[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_NAME]);
+                       return -ENOENT;
+               }
 
                hooknum = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK_NUM]));
                if (hooknum != NF_NETDEV_INGRESS)
        u32 flags;
        int err;
 
-       err = nft_flowtable_parse_hook(ctx, nla[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK],
-                                      &flowtable_hook, flowtable, extack, false);
+       err = nft_flowtable_parse_hook(ctx, nla, &flowtable_hook, flowtable,
+                                      extack, false);
        if (err < 0)
                return err;
 
        if (err < 0)
                goto err3;
 
-       err = nft_flowtable_parse_hook(&ctx, nla[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK],
-                                      &flowtable_hook, flowtable, extack, true);
+       err = nft_flowtable_parse_hook(&ctx, nla, &flowtable_hook, flowtable,
+                                      extack, true);
        if (err < 0)
                goto err4;
 
        struct nft_trans *trans;
        int err;
 
-       err = nft_flowtable_parse_hook(ctx, nla[NFTA_FLOWTABLE_HOOK],
-                                      &flowtable_hook, flowtable, extack, false);
+       err = nft_flowtable_parse_hook(ctx, nla, &flowtable_hook, flowtable,
+                                      extack, false);
        if (err < 0)
                return err;