diff --git a/tc/m_ipt.c b/tc/m_ipt.c
index ec33f8fe..eea4bc11 100644
--- a/tc/m_ipt.c
+++ b/tc/m_ipt.c
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ print_ipt(struct action_util *au,FILE * f, struct rtattr *arg)
 
 	if (NULL == opts)
 		return -1;
-	memset(tb, 0, sizeof (tb));
-	parse_rtattr(tb, TCA_IPT_MAX, RTA_DATA(arg), RTA_PAYLOAD(arg));
+
+	parse_rtattr_nested(tb, TCA_IPT_MAX, arg);
 
 	if (tb[TCA_IPT_TABLE] == NULL) {
 		fprintf(f, "[NULL ipt table name ] assuming mangle ");
diff --git a/tc/m_pedit.c b/tc/m_pedit.c
index 8d7a60b0..5031c62e 100644
--- a/tc/m_pedit.c
+++ b/tc/m_pedit.c
@@ -554,8 +554,7 @@ print_pedit(struct action_util *au,FILE * f, struct rtattr *arg)
 	if (arg == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	memset(tb, 0, sizeof (tb));
-	parse_rtattr(tb, TCA_PEDIT_MAX, RTA_DATA(arg), RTA_PAYLOAD(arg));
+	parse_rtattr_nested(tb, TCA_PEDIT_MAX, arg);
 
 	if (tb[TCA_PEDIT_PARMS] == NULL) {
 		fprintf(f, "[NULL pedit parameters]");