diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
index 7ba4b1454db4..1b9edf2b3393 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_lookup.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static int nft_lookup_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 		return 0;
 
 	iter.genmask	= nft_genmask_next(ctx->net);
+	iter.type	= NFT_ITER_UPDATE;
 	iter.skip	= 0;
 	iter.count	= 0;
 	iter.err	= 0;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
index 90f129f1a136..22407e7e0b51 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
@@ -2041,7 +2041,8 @@ static void nft_pipapo_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 	const struct nft_pipapo_field *f;
 	int i, r;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(iter->type == NFT_ITER_UNSPEC);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(iter->type != NFT_ITER_READ &&
+		     iter->type != NFT_ITER_UPDATE);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (iter->type == NFT_ITER_READ)