Looks like an arch problem or a libnftnl problem. I've made a minimal reproducer: printf '*filter\nCOMMIT\n*raw\nCOMMIT\n*mangle\nCOMMIT\n' | sudo iptables-nft-restore -n I filed a bug report on Arch: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/64755 You can follow up with them.