diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 3a4a4ac28e866..1fc3df1bbc6f6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4680,8 +4680,12 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_setelem(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 				  const struct nft_set_iter *iter,
 				  struct nft_set_elem *elem)
 {
+	const struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
 	struct nft_set_dump_args *args;
 
+	if (nft_set_elem_expired(ext))
+		return 0;
+
 	args = container_of(iter, struct nft_set_dump_args, iter);
 	return nf_tables_fill_setelem(args->skb, set, elem);
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
index 70b1c8847f287..d9f08b038bb1c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ static void nft_rhash_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 
 		if (iter->count < iter->skip)
 			goto cont;
-		if (nft_set_elem_expired(&he->ext))
-			goto cont;
 		if (!nft_set_elem_active(&he->ext, iter->genmask))
 			goto cont;
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
index 66a748c0d0c1a..a990876bced6a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
@@ -704,8 +704,9 @@ static struct nft_pipapo_elem *pipapo_get(const struct net *net,
 			goto out;
 
 		if (last) {
-			if (nft_set_elem_expired(&f->mt[b].e->ext) ||
-			    (genmask &&
+			if (nft_set_elem_expired(&f->mt[b].e->ext))
+				goto next_match;
+			if ((genmask &&
 			     !nft_set_elem_active(&f->mt[b].e->ext, genmask)))
 				goto next_match;
 
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ void *nft_pipapo_get(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
 		     const struct nft_set_elem *elem, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	return pipapo_get(net, set, (const u8 *)elem->key.val.data,
-			  nft_genmask_cur(net));
+			 nft_genmask_cur(net));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1568,11 +1569,7 @@ static void nft_pipapo_activate(const struct net *net,
 				const struct nft_set *set,
 				const struct nft_set_elem *elem)
 {
-	struct nft_pipapo_elem *e;
-
-	e = pipapo_get(net, set, (const u8 *)elem->key.val.data, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(e))
-		return;
+	struct nft_pipapo_elem *e = elem->priv;
 
 	nft_set_elem_change_active(net, set, &e->ext);
 	nft_set_elem_clear_busy(&e->ext);
@@ -1785,10 +1782,6 @@ static void nft_pipapo_remove(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
 
 	data = (const u8 *)nft_set_ext_key(&e->ext);
 
-	e = pipapo_get(net, set, data, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(e))
-		return;
-
 	while ((rules_f0 = pipapo_rules_same_key(m->f, first_rule))) {
 		union nft_pipapo_map_bucket rulemap[NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS];
 		const u8 *match_start, *match_end;
@@ -1869,8 +1862,6 @@ static void nft_pipapo_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 			goto cont;
 
 		e = f->mt[r].e;
-		if (nft_set_elem_expired(&e->ext))
-			goto cont;
 
 		elem.priv = e;
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
index 82adc1975b4a1..f6b57bb92c132 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
@@ -442,8 +442,6 @@ static void nft_rbtree_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 		if (iter->count < iter->skip)
 			goto cont;
-		if (nft_set_elem_expired(&rbe->ext))
-			goto cont;
 		if (!nft_set_elem_active(&rbe->ext, iter->genmask))
 			goto cont;