diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 3e7e15278c46..bd7eba9066f8 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static int fib_nl_fill_rule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fib_rule *rule,
 
 	frh = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	frh->family = ops->family;
-	frh->table = rule->table;
+	frh->table = rule->table < 256 ? rule->table : RT_TABLE_COMPAT;
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, FRA_TABLE, rule->table))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, FRA_SUPPRESS_PREFIXLEN, rule->suppress_prefixlen))