diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c
index 9f4f28d6e714d..569f5b0922348 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c
@@ -165,11 +165,8 @@ bitmap_ip_uadt(struct ip_set *set, struct nlattr *tb[],
 		ret = ip_set_get_hostipaddr4(tb[IPSET_ATTR_IP_TO], &ip_to);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-		if (ip > ip_to) {
+		if (ip > ip_to)
 			swap(ip, ip_to);
-			if (ip < map->first_ip)
-				return -IPSET_ERR_BITMAP_RANGE;
-		}
 	} else if (tb[IPSET_ATTR_CIDR]) {
 		u8 cidr = nla_get_u8(tb[IPSET_ATTR_CIDR]);
 
@@ -180,7 +177,7 @@ bitmap_ip_uadt(struct ip_set *set, struct nlattr *tb[],
 		ip_to = ip;
 	}
 
-	if (ip_to > map->last_ip)
+	if (ip < map->first_ip || ip_to > map->last_ip)
 		return -IPSET_ERR_BITMAP_RANGE;
 
 	for (; !before(ip_to, ip); ip += map->hosts) {