extern void *arpt_alloc_initial_table(const struct xt_table *);
 int arpt_register_table(struct net *net, const struct xt_table *table,
                        const struct arpt_replace *repl,
-                       const struct nf_hook_ops *ops, struct xt_table **res);
+                       const struct nf_hook_ops *ops);
 void arpt_unregister_table(struct net *net, const char *name);
 void arpt_unregister_table_pre_exit(struct net *net, const char *name,
                                    const struct nf_hook_ops *ops);
 
 int arpt_register_table(struct net *net,
                        const struct xt_table *table,
                        const struct arpt_replace *repl,
-                       const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,
-                       struct xt_table **res)
+                       const struct nf_hook_ops *template_ops)
 {
-       int ret;
+       struct nf_hook_ops *ops;
+       unsigned int num_ops;
+       int ret, i;
        struct xt_table_info *newinfo;
        struct xt_table_info bootstrap = {0};
        void *loc_cpu_entry;
        memcpy(loc_cpu_entry, repl->entries, repl->size);
 
        ret = translate_table(net, newinfo, loc_cpu_entry, repl);
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out_free;
+       if (ret != 0) {
+               xt_free_table_info(newinfo);
+               return ret;
+       }
 
        new_table = xt_register_table(net, table, &bootstrap, newinfo);
        if (IS_ERR(new_table)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(new_table);
-               goto out_free;
+               xt_free_table_info(newinfo);
+               return PTR_ERR(new_table);
        }
 
-       /* set res now, will see skbs right after nf_register_net_hooks */
-       WRITE_ONCE(*res, new_table);
+       num_ops = hweight32(table->valid_hooks);
+       if (num_ops == 0) {
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out_free;
+       }
 
-       ret = nf_register_net_hooks(net, ops, hweight32(table->valid_hooks));
-       if (ret != 0) {
-               __arpt_unregister_table(net, new_table);
-               *res = NULL;
+       ops = kmemdup(template_ops, sizeof(*ops) * num_ops, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!ops) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out_free;
        }
 
+       for (i = 0; i < num_ops; i++)
+               ops[i].priv = new_table;
+
+       new_table->ops = ops;
+
+       ret = nf_register_net_hooks(net, ops, num_ops);
+       if (ret != 0)
+               goto out_free;
+
        return ret;
 
 out_free:
-       xt_free_table_info(newinfo);
+       __arpt_unregister_table(net, new_table);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
 arptable_filter_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
                     const struct nf_hook_state *state)
 {
-       return arpt_do_table(skb, state, state->net->ipv4.arptable_filter);
+       return arpt_do_table(skb, state, priv);
 }
 
 static struct nf_hook_ops *arpfilter_ops __read_mostly;
        repl = arpt_alloc_initial_table(&packet_filter);
        if (repl == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
-       err = arpt_register_table(net, &packet_filter, repl, arpfilter_ops,
-                                 &net->ipv4.arptable_filter);
+       err = arpt_register_table(net, &packet_filter, repl, arpfilter_ops);
        kfree(repl);
        return err;
 }
 static void __net_exit arptable_filter_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
        arpt_unregister_table(net, "filter");
-       net->ipv4.arptable_filter = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations arptable_filter_net_ops = {