diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d166d069509991..e4aa2e76ea563a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 18
-SUBLEVEL = 14
+SUBLEVEL = 15
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Baby Opossum Posse
 
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 7eac73f9b4ce34..05f57ba6224476 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ struct nft_set_ext;
  *	@init: initialize private data of new set instance
  *	@destroy: destroy private data of set instance
  *	@gc_init: initialize garbage collection
+ *	@abort_skip_removal: skip removal of elements from abort path
  *	@elemsize: element private size
  *
  *	Operations lookup, update and delete have simpler interfaces, are faster
@@ -513,6 +514,7 @@ struct nft_set_ops {
 						   const struct nft_set *set);
 	void				(*gc_init)(const struct nft_set *set);
 
+	bool				abort_skip_removal;
 	unsigned int			elemsize;
 };
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index df367638cdef0f..d4babc4d3bff38 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -7821,7 +7821,8 @@ static bool nft_trans_elems_new_abort(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (!te->set->ops->abort || nft_setelem_is_catchall(te->set, te->elems[i].priv))
+		if (!te->set->ops->abort_skip_removal ||
+		    nft_setelem_is_catchall(te->set, te->elems[i].priv))
 			nft_setelem_remove(ctx->net, te->set, te->elems[i].priv);
 
 		if (!nft_setelem_is_catchall(te->set, te->elems[i].priv))
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
index 6d77a5f0088ad0..18e1903b1d3d0b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
@@ -2370,6 +2370,7 @@ const struct nft_set_type nft_set_pipapo_type = {
 		.gc_init	= nft_pipapo_gc_init,
 		.commit		= nft_pipapo_commit,
 		.abort		= nft_pipapo_abort,
+		.abort_skip_removal = true,
 		.elemsize	= offsetof(struct nft_pipapo_elem, ext),
 	},
 };
@@ -2394,6 +2395,7 @@ const struct nft_set_type nft_set_pipapo_avx2_type = {
 		.gc_init	= nft_pipapo_gc_init,
 		.commit		= nft_pipapo_commit,
 		.abort		= nft_pipapo_abort,
+		.abort_skip_removal = true,
 		.elemsize	= offsetof(struct nft_pipapo_elem, ext),
 	},
 };
