diff --git a/iptables/nft.c b/iptables/nft.c
index 87db9be..cb46b7a 100644
--- a/iptables/nft.c
+++ b/iptables/nft.c
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static bool nft_chain_builtin(struct nft_chain *c)
+{
+	/* Check if this chain has hook number, in that case is built-in.
+	 * Should we better export the flags to user-space via nf_tables?
+	 */
+	return nft_chain_attr_get(c, NFT_CHAIN_ATTR_HOOKNUM) != NULL;
+}
+
 int nft_init(struct nft_handle *h)
 {
 	h->nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
@@ -1138,9 +1146,7 @@
 		if (strcmp(table, chain_table) != 0)
 			goto next;
 
-		if (nft_chain_attr_get(c, NFT_CHAIN_ATTR_HOOKNUM))
-			basechain = true;
-
+		basechain = nft_chain_builtin(c);
 		nft_chain_print_save(c, basechain);
 next:
 		c = nft_chain_list_iter_next(iter);
@@ -1368,14 +1374,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static bool nft_chain_builtin(struct nft_chain *c)
-{
-	/* Check if this chain has hook number, in that case is built-in.
-	 * Should we better export the flags to user-space via nf_tables?
-	 */
-	return nft_chain_attr_get(c, NFT_CHAIN_ATTR_HOOKNUM) != NULL;
-}
-
 int nft_chain_user_del(struct nft_handle *h, const char *chain, const char *table)
 {
 	struct nft_chain_list *list;
@@ -2547,7 +2545,7 @@
 			goto next;
 
 		/* this is a base chain */
-		if (nft_chain_attr_get(c, NFT_CHAIN_ATTR_HOOKNUM)) {
+		if (nft_chain_builtin(c)) {
 			printf("-P %s %s", chain_name, policy_name[policy]);
 
 			if (counters) {