diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
index f3f91ed2c21a..e24c436d913e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
@@ -687,6 +687,9 @@ static int dccp_timeout_nlattr_to_obj(struct nlattr *tb[],
 	unsigned int *timeouts = data;
 	int i;
 
+	if (!timeouts)
+		 timeouts = dn->dccp_timeout;
+
 	/* set default DCCP timeouts. */
 	for (i=0; i<CT_DCCP_MAX; i++)
 		timeouts[i] = dn->dccp_timeout[i];
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index e4d738d34cd0..7d7e30ea0ecf 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ static int sctp_timeout_nlattr_to_obj(struct nlattr *tb[],
 	struct nf_sctp_net *sn = sctp_pernet(net);
 	int i;
 
+	if (!timeouts)
+		timeouts = sn->timeouts;
+
 	/* set default SCTP timeouts. */
 	for (i=0; i<SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX; i++)
 		timeouts[i] = sn->timeouts[i];