diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 099a450e26be..4ae8e528943a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -832,6 +832,11 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_filter(const struct nlattr * const cda[], u8 family)
 {
 	struct ctnetlink_filter *filter;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
+	if (cda[CTA_MARK] && cda[CTA_MARK_MASK])
+		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
+#endif
+
 	filter = kzalloc(sizeof(*filter), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (filter == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -839,8 +844,10 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_filter(const struct nlattr * const cda[], u8 family)
 	filter->family = family;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
-	filter->mark.val = ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_MARK]));
-	filter->mark.mask = ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_MARK_MASK]));
+	if (cda[CTA_MARK] && cda[CTA_MARK_MASK]) {
+		filter->mark.val = ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_MARK]));
+		filter->mark.mask = ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_MARK_MASK]));
+	}
 #endif
 	return filter;
 }