diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter.h b/include/linux/netfilter.h
index d8817d381c14bfaecff3fb5a0b0cf487306e173a..bef8db9d6c0859e3b96fca75fcac7c84b65e91e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter.h
@@ -488,4 +488,9 @@ extern const struct nfnl_ct_hook __rcu *nfnl_ct_hook;
  */
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(bool, nf_skb_duplicated);
 
+/**
+ * Contains bitmask of ctnetlink event subscribers, if any.
+ * Can't be pernet due to NETLINK_LISTEN_ALL_NSID setsockopt flag.
+ */
+extern u8 nf_ctnetlink_has_listener;
 #endif /*__LINUX_NETFILTER_H*/
diff --git a/include/net/netns/conntrack.h b/include/net/netns/conntrack.h
index e1290c159184a7b74ed658f2a1fe311c556227ae..1f463b3957c78065708d87f4aec6d9d6e15c8b13 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/conntrack.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/conntrack.h
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ struct nf_ip_net {
 
 struct netns_ct {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS
-	u8 ctnetlink_has_listener;
 	bool ecache_dwork_pending;
 #endif
 	u8			sysctl_log_invalid; /* Log invalid packets */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 5a6705a0e4ecf7e41d0100abe40b19ee18385359..6e80f0f6149ea2b38822449c2603975352a67b96 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -669,6 +669,9 @@ const struct nf_ct_hook __rcu *nf_ct_hook __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_hook);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK)
+u8 nf_ctnetlink_has_listener;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ctnetlink_has_listener);
+
 const struct nf_nat_hook __rcu *nf_nat_hook __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_nat_hook);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
index 8698b3424646039a9fcc0bdc1a11f1af58765010..69948e1d6974e3509010f7aeffd8487228990b71 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ bool nf_ct_ecache_ext_add(struct nf_conn *ct, u16 ctmask, u16 expmask, gfp_t gfp
 			break;
 		return true;
 	case 2: /* autodetect: no event listener, don't allocate extension. */
-		if (!READ_ONCE(net->ct.ctnetlink_has_listener))
+		if (!READ_ONCE(nf_ctnetlink_has_listener))
 			return true;
 		fallthrough;
 	case 1:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 6d18fb3468683fe3cfbad5d8a9604ea46a89437c..81c7737c803a6ee3edad1eb27e5569f2e1bf866a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -685,12 +686,12 @@ static void nfnetlink_bind_event(struct net *net, unsigned int group)
 	group_bit = (1 << group);
 
 	spin_lock(&nfnl_grp_active_lock);
-	v = READ_ONCE(net->ct.ctnetlink_has_listener);
+	v = READ_ONCE(nf_ctnetlink_has_listener);
 	if ((v & group_bit) == 0) {
 		v |= group_bit;
 
 		/* read concurrently without nfnl_grp_active_lock held. */
-		WRITE_ONCE(net->ct.ctnetlink_has_listener, v);
+		WRITE_ONCE(nf_ctnetlink_has_listener, v);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&nfnl_grp_active_lock);
@@ -744,12 +745,12 @@ static void nfnetlink_unbind(struct net *net, int group)
 
 	spin_lock(&nfnl_grp_active_lock);
 	if (!nfnetlink_has_listeners(net, group)) {
-		u8 v = READ_ONCE(net->ct.ctnetlink_has_listener);
+		u8 v = READ_ONCE(nf_ctnetlink_has_listener);
 
 		v &= ~group_bit;
 
 		/* read concurrently without nfnl_grp_active_lock held. */
-		WRITE_ONCE(net->ct.ctnetlink_has_listener, v);
+		WRITE_ONCE(nf_ctnetlink_has_listener, v);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&nfnl_grp_active_lock);
 #endif