diff --git a/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_pci.c b/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_pci.c
index bce0be54c2f59587a2498d2f37821f2634b886d9..1b7ff400711ad387efa2c9be9d9b275a880be0de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_pci.c
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ static int c_can_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto out_free_c_can;
 	}
 
+	priv->type = c_can_pci_data->type;
+
 	/* Configure access to registers */
 	switch (c_can_pci_data->reg_align) {
 	case C_CAN_REG_ALIGN_32: