diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index 00f4323cfeb8..faa0844c01fb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	unsigned int i, optl, tcphdr_len, offset;
 	struct tcphdr *tcph;
 	u8 *opt;
-	u32 src;
 
 	tcph = nft_tcp_header_pointer(pkt, sizeof(buff), buff, &tcphdr_len);
 	if (!tcph)
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	opt = (u8 *)tcph;
 	for (i = sizeof(*tcph); i < tcphdr_len - 1; i += optl) {
 		union {
-			u8 octet;
 			__be16 v16;
 			__be32 v32;
 		} old, new;
@@ -262,13 +260,13 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		if (!tcph)
 			return;
 
-		src = regs->data[priv->sreg];
 		offset = i + priv->offset;
 
 		switch (priv->len) {
 		case 2:
 			old.v16 = get_unaligned((u16 *)(opt + offset));
-			new.v16 = src;
+			new.v16 = (__force __be16)nft_reg_load16(
+				&regs->data[priv->sreg]);
 
 			switch (priv->type) {
 			case TCPOPT_MSS:
@@ -286,7 +284,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 						 old.v16, new.v16, false);
 			break;
 		case 4:
-			new.v32 = src;
+			new.v32 = regs->data[priv->sreg];
 			old.v32 = get_unaligned((u32 *)(opt + offset));
 
 			if (old.v32 == new.v32)