diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index e3f68a7..c9d90eb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@
 {
 	switch (reg->pf) {
 	case NFPROTO_NETDEV:
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER_INGRESS
 		/* We already checked in nf_register_net_hook() that this is
 		 * used from ingress.
 		 */
 		rcu_assign_pointer(reg->dev->nf_hooks_ingress, entry);
+#endif
 		break;
 	default:
 		rcu_assign_pointer(net->nf.hooks[reg->pf][reg->hooknum],
@@ -107,10 +109,15 @@
 	struct nf_hook_entry *hooks_entry;
 	struct nf_hook_entry *entry;
 
-	if (reg->pf == NFPROTO_NETDEV &&
-	    (reg->hooknum != NF_NETDEV_INGRESS ||
-	     !reg->dev || dev_net(reg->dev) != net))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (reg->pf == NFPROTO_NETDEV) {
+#ifndef CONFIG_NETFILTER_INGRESS
+		if (reg->hooknum == NF_NETDEV_INGRESS)
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+#endif
+		if (reg->hooknum != NF_NETDEV_INGRESS ||
+		    !reg->dev || dev_net(reg->dev) != net)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!entry)