--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -308,6 +308,33 @@ 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,
@@ -328,27 +355,8 @@ ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	unsigned int addend;
 
 	/* Initialization */
-	stackidx = 0;
-	ip = ip_hdr(skb);
-	indev = state->in ? state->in->name : nulldevname;
-	outdev = state->out ? state->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      = state->in;
-	acpar.out     = state->out;
-	acpar.family  = NFPROTO_IPV4;
-	acpar.hooknum = hook;
-
 	IP_NF_ASSERT(table->valid_hooks & (1 << hook));
 	local_bh_disable();
-	addend = xt_write_recseq_begin();
 	private = table->private;
 	cpu        = smp_processor_id();
 	/*
@@ -357,6 +365,20 @@ ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	smp_read_barrier_depends();
 	table_base = private->entries;
+
+	e = get_entry(table_base, private->hook_entry[hook]);
+	if (ipt_handle_default_rule(e, &verdict)) {
+		ADD_COUNTER(e->counters, skb->len, 1);
+		local_bh_enable();
+		return verdict;
+	}
+
+	stackidx = 0;
+	ip = ip_hdr(skb);
+	indev = state->in ? state->in->name : nulldevname;
+	outdev = state->out ? state->out->name : nulldevname;
+
+	addend = xt_write_recseq_begin();
 	jumpstack  = (struct ipt_entry **)private->jumpstack[cpu];
 
 	/* Switch to alternate jumpstack if we're being invoked via TEE.
@@ -369,7 +391,19 @@ ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (static_key_false(&xt_tee_enabled))
 		jumpstack += private->stacksize * __this_cpu_read(nf_skb_duplicated);
 
-	e = get_entry(table_base, private->hook_entry[hook]);
+	/* 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      = state->in;
+	acpar.out     = state->out;
+	acpar.family  = NFPROTO_IPV4;
+	acpar.hooknum = hook;
 
 	pr_debug("Entering %s(hook %u), UF %p\n",
 		 table->name, hook,