diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 4cb93f92d6be..c6a39bf2c3b9 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -1102,6 +1102,12 @@ static int do_execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			break;
 
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT:
+			if (!is_flow_key_valid(key)) {
+				err = ovs_flow_key_update(skb, key);
+				if (err)
+					return err;
+			}
+
 			err = ovs_ct_execute(ovs_dp_get_net(dp), skb, key,
 					     nla_data(a));