--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -310,6 +310,33 @@ struct ipt_entry *ipt_next_entry(const s
 	return (void *)entry + entry->next_offset;
 }
 
+static bool
+ipt_handle_default_rule(struct ipt_entry *e, unsigned int *verdict)
+{
+	struct xt_entry_target *t;
+	struct xt_standard_target *st;
+
+	if (e->target_offset != sizeof(struct ipt_entry))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!(e->ip.flags & IPT_F_NO_DEF_MATCH))
+		return false;
+
+	t = ipt_get_target(e);
+	if (t->u.kernel.target->target)
+		return false;
+
+	st = (struct xt_standard_target *) t;
+	if (st->verdict == XT_RETURN)
+		return false;
+
+	if (st->verdict >= 0)
+		return false;
+
+	*verdict = (unsigned)(-st->verdict) - 1;
+	return true;
+}
+
 /* Returns one of the generic firewall policies, like NF_ACCEPT. */
 unsigned int
 ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -334,19 +361,6 @@ ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ip = ip_hdr(skb);
 	indev = in ? in->name : nulldevname;
 	outdev = out ? out->name : nulldevname;
-	/* We handle fragments by dealing with the first fragment as
-	 * if it was a normal packet.  All other fragments are treated
-	 * normally, except that they will NEVER match rules that ask
-	 * things we don't know, ie. tcp syn flag or ports).  If the
-	 * rule is also a fragment-specific rule, non-fragments won't
-	 * match it. */
-	acpar.fragoff = ntohs(ip->frag_off) & IP_OFFSET;
-	acpar.thoff   = ip_hdrlen(skb);
-	acpar.hotdrop = false;
-	acpar.in      = in;
-	acpar.out     = out;
-	acpar.family  = NFPROTO_IPV4;
-	acpar.hooknum = hook;
 
 	IP_NF_ASSERT(table->valid_hooks & (1 << hook));
 	local_bh_disable();
@@ -364,6 +378,26 @@ ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	origptr    = *stackptr;
 
 	e = get_entry(table_base, private->hook_entry[hook]);
+	if (ipt_handle_default_rule(e, &verdict)) {
+		ADD_COUNTER(e->counters, skb->len, 1);
+		xt_write_recseq_end(addend);
+		local_bh_enable();
+		return verdict;
+	}
+
+	/* We handle fragments by dealing with the first fragment as
+	 * if it was a normal packet.  All other fragments are treated
+	 * normally, except that they will NEVER match rules that ask
+	 * things we don't know, ie. tcp syn flag or ports).  If the
+	 * rule is also a fragment-specific rule, non-fragments won't
+	 * match it. */
+	acpar.fragoff = ntohs(ip->frag_off) & IP_OFFSET;
+	acpar.thoff   = ip_hdrlen(skb);
+	acpar.hotdrop = false;
+	acpar.in      = in;
+	acpar.out     = out;
+	acpar.family  = NFPROTO_IPV4;
+	acpar.hooknum = hook;
 
 	pr_debug("Entering %s(hook %u); sp at %u (UF %p)\n",
 		 table->name, hook, origptr,