diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index ea9039ee8098ca7f70f56d70d4a042241059113d..f85327ff7637c7d37a835c2277735a3ada866e1b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2768,6 +2768,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 }
 
 static struct nft_rule *nft_rule_lookup_byid(const struct net *net,
+					     const struct nft_chain *chain,
 					     const struct nlattr *nla)
 {
 	u32 id = ntohl(nla_get_be32(nla));
@@ -2777,6 +2778,7 @@ static struct nft_rule *nft_rule_lookup_byid(const struct net *net,
 		struct nft_rule *rule = nft_trans_rule(trans);
 
 		if (trans->msg_type == NFT_MSG_NEWRULE &&
+		    trans->ctx.chain == chain &&
 		    id == nft_trans_rule_id(trans))
 			return rule;
 	}
@@ -2823,7 +2825,7 @@ static int nf_tables_delrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 
 			err = nft_delrule(&ctx, rule);
 		} else if (nla[NFTA_RULE_ID]) {
-			rule = nft_rule_lookup_byid(net, nla[NFTA_RULE_ID]);
+			rule = nft_rule_lookup_byid(net, chain, nla[NFTA_RULE_ID]);
 			if (IS_ERR(rule)) {
 				NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, nla[NFTA_RULE_ID]);
 				return PTR_ERR(rule);