diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at25.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at25.c
index ce092846034faa6c822f82a1ab9874e750dadea7..3b7d8b7584f4d79714a99fa63197c1bc9facacf8 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at25.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at25.c
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ static int at25_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	spi_set_drvdata(spi, at25);
 	at25->addrlen = addrlen;
 
+	at25->nvmem_config.type = NVMEM_TYPE_EEPROM;
 	at25->nvmem_config.name = dev_name(&spi->dev);
 	at25->nvmem_config.dev = &spi->dev;
 	at25->nvmem_config.read_only = chip.flags & EE_READONLY;