1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mnl.c b/src/mnl.c
index 1a8e8105..ef45cbd1 100644
--- a/src/mnl.c
+++ b/src/mnl.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ int mnl_nft_chain_add(struct netlink_ctx *ctx, struct cmd *cmd,
 					BYTEORDER_HOST_ENDIAN, sizeof(int));
 			nftnl_chain_set_s32(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_PRIO, priority);
 			nftnl_chain_set_str(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_TYPE,
-					    cmd->chain->type);
+					    cmd->chain->type.str);
 		}
 		if (cmd->chain->dev_expr) {
 			dev_array = xmalloc(sizeof(char *) * 8);
@@ -764,6 +764,12 @@ int mnl_nft_chain_add(struct netlink_ctx *ctx, struct cmd *cmd,
 			nftnl_chain_set_u32(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_FLAGS, cmd->chain->flags);
 	}
 
+	if (cmd->chain && cmd->chain->flags & CHAIN_F_BASECHAIN) {
+		nftnl_chain_unset(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_TYPE);
+		cmd_add_loc(cmd, nlh->nlmsg_len, &cmd->chain->type.loc);
+		mnl_attr_put_strz(nlh, NFTA_CHAIN_TYPE, cmd->chain->type.str);
+	}
+
 	if (cmd->chain && cmd->chain->policy) {
 		mpz_export_data(&policy, cmd->chain->policy->value,
 				BYTEORDER_HOST_ENDIAN, sizeof(int));