diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
index 5fd74f993988..9944fe479e53 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void nft_rbtree_gc_elem_remove(struct net *net, struct nft_set *set,
 
 static const struct nft_rbtree_elem *
 nft_rbtree_gc_elem(const struct nft_set *__set, struct nft_rbtree *priv,
-		   struct nft_rbtree_elem *rbe, u8 genmask)
+		   struct nft_rbtree_elem *rbe)
 {
 	struct nft_set *set = (struct nft_set *)__set;
 	struct rb_node *prev = rb_prev(&rbe->node);
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ nft_rbtree_gc_elem(const struct nft_set *__set, struct nft_rbtree *priv,
 	while (prev) {
 		rbe_prev = rb_entry(prev, struct nft_rbtree_elem, node);
 		if (nft_rbtree_interval_end(rbe_prev) &&
-		    nft_set_elem_active(&rbe_prev->ext, genmask))
+		    nft_set_elem_active(&rbe_prev->ext, NFT_GENMASK_ANY))
 			break;
 
 		prev = rb_prev(prev);
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int __nft_rbtree_insert(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
 		    nft_set_elem_active(&rbe->ext, cur_genmask)) {
 			const struct nft_rbtree_elem *removed_end;
 
-			removed_end = nft_rbtree_gc_elem(set, priv, rbe, genmask);
+			removed_end = nft_rbtree_gc_elem(set, priv, rbe);
 			if (IS_ERR(removed_end))
 				return PTR_ERR(removed_end);