diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_reject_bridge.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_reject_bridge.c
index 31b27e1..654c901 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_reject_bridge.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_reject_bridge.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <net/netfilter/ipv6/nf_reject.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter_bridge.h>
 #include "../br_private.h"
 
 static void nft_reject_br_push_etherhdr(struct sk_buff *oldskb,
@@ -305,12 +306,34 @@
 	data[NFT_REG_VERDICT].verdict = NF_DROP;
 }
 
+static int nft_reject_bridge_validate_hooks(const struct nft_chain *chain)
+{
+	struct nft_base_chain *basechain;
+
+	if (chain->flags & NFT_BASE_CHAIN) {
+		basechain = nft_base_chain(chain);
+
+		switch (basechain->ops[0].hooknum) {
+		case NF_BR_PRE_ROUTING:
+		case NF_BR_LOCAL_IN:
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int nft_reject_bridge_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 				  const struct nft_expr *expr,
 				  const struct nlattr * const tb[])
 {
 	struct nft_reject *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
-	int icmp_code;
+	int icmp_code, err;
+
+	err = nft_reject_bridge_validate_hooks(ctx->chain);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 
 	if (tb[NFTA_REJECT_TYPE] == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -359,6 +382,13 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int nft_reject_bridge_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
+				      const struct nft_expr *expr,
+				      const struct nft_data **data)
+{
+	return nft_reject_bridge_validate_hooks(ctx->chain);
+}
+
 static struct nft_expr_type nft_reject_bridge_type;
 static const struct nft_expr_ops nft_reject_bridge_ops = {
 	.type		= &nft_reject_bridge_type,
@@ -366,6 +396,7 @@
 	.eval		= nft_reject_bridge_eval,
 	.init		= nft_reject_bridge_init,
 	.dump		= nft_reject_bridge_dump,
+	.validate	= nft_reject_bridge_validate,
 };
 
 static struct nft_expr_type nft_reject_bridge_type __read_mostly = {