diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
index dce866d93fee..2c8051d8cca6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
@@ -1290,6 +1290,11 @@ static struct nft_pipapo_match *pipapo_clone(struct nft_pipapo_match *old)
 	if (!new->scratch_aligned)
 		goto out_scratch;
 #endif
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		*per_cpu_ptr(new->scratch, i) = NULL;
+
+	if (pipapo_realloc_scratch(new, old->bsize_max))
+		goto out_scratch_realloc;
 
 	rcu_head_init(&new->rcu);
 
@@ -1334,6 +1339,9 @@ out_lt:
 		kvfree(dst->lt);
 		dst--;
 	}
+out_scratch_realloc:
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		kfree(*per_cpu_ptr(new->scratch, i));
 #ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
 	free_percpu(new->scratch_aligned);
 #endif