diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
index a7b8fa8cab7c..112fe46788b6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
@@ -549,8 +549,7 @@ static struct nft_pipapo_elem *pipapo_get(const struct nft_pipapo_match *m,
  *
  * This function is called from the data path.  It will search for
  * an element matching the given key in the current active copy.
- * Unlike other set types, this uses NFT_GENMASK_ANY instead of
- * nft_genmask_cur().
+ * Unlike other set types, this uses 0 instead of nft_genmask_cur().
  *
  * This is because new (future) elements are not reachable from
  * priv->match, they get added to priv->clone instead.
@@ -560,8 +559,8 @@ static struct nft_pipapo_elem *pipapo_get(const struct nft_pipapo_match *m,
  * inconsistent state: matching old entries get skipped but thew
  * newly matching entries are unreachable.
  *
- * GENMASK will still find the 'now old' entries which ensures consistent
- * priv->match view.
+ * GENMASK_ANY doesn't work for the same reason: old-gen entries get
+ * skipped, new-gen entries are only reachable from priv->clone.
  *
  * nft_pipapo_commit swaps ->clone and ->match shortly after the
  * genbit flip.  As ->clone doesn't contain the old entries in the first
@@ -578,7 +577,7 @@ nft_pipapo_lookup(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
 	const struct nft_pipapo_elem *e;
 
 	m = rcu_dereference(priv->match);
-	e = pipapo_get_slow(m, (const u8 *)key, NFT_GENMASK_ANY, get_jiffies_64());
+	e = pipapo_get_slow(m, (const u8 *)key, 0, get_jiffies_64());
 
 	return e ? &e->ext : NULL;
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
index 27dab3667548..e72fd045d037 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
 
 	m = rcu_dereference(priv->match);
 
-	e = pipapo_get_avx2(m, rp, NFT_GENMASK_ANY, get_jiffies_64());
+	e = pipapo_get_avx2(m, rp, 0, get_jiffies_64());
 	local_bh_enable();
 
 	return e ? &e->ext : NULL;