diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l4proto.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l4proto.h
index d838a93430a1d7ae4802a8a1854ca68b27e8f448..eed04af9b75e56b6c33d0887cdefa4c8f827251e 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l4proto.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l4proto.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int nf_conntrack_icmpv6_error(struct nf_conn *tmpl,
 /* Existing built-in generic protocol */
 extern const struct nf_conntrack_l4proto nf_conntrack_l4proto_generic;
 
-#define MAX_NF_CT_PROTO 256
+#define MAX_NF_CT_PROTO IPPROTO_UDPLITE
 
 const struct nf_conntrack_l4proto *__nf_ct_l4proto_find(u8 l4proto);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
index 69d7170cfa8cb1f4aa166d8ab2e3ccd36022dd70..40643af7137e617d7492d8803581f5c39ac6902f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 extern unsigned int nf_conntrack_net_id;
 
-static struct nf_conntrack_l4proto __rcu *nf_ct_protos[MAX_NF_CT_PROTO] __read_mostly;
+static struct nf_conntrack_l4proto __rcu *nf_ct_protos[MAX_NF_CT_PROTO + 1] __read_mostly;
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(nf_ct_proto_mutex);