diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
index bba67681aeaaae90fa8cc8f41ac3b5d70341e227..931478e7bd284e9b21791ada6a172ea2f9c00e40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
@@ -3962,6 +3962,7 @@ int t4_port_init(struct adapter *adap, int mbox, int pf, int vf)
 		p->lport = j;
 		p->rss_size = rss_size;
 		memcpy(adap->port[i]->dev_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
+		adap->port[i]->dev_port = j;
 
 		ret = ntohl(c.u.info.lstatus_to_modtype);
 		p->mdio_addr = (ret & FW_PORT_CMD_MDIOCAP) ?