diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
index ca70a1d840eb38522a20a47b4404a325e7aeb956..44dd26a62a6d3e7a028264d010d09e22558640b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -2240,6 +2240,7 @@ team_nl_option_policy[TEAM_ATTR_OPTION_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TEAM_ATTR_OPTION_CHANGED]		= { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 	[TEAM_ATTR_OPTION_TYPE]			= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[TEAM_ATTR_OPTION_DATA]			= { .type = NLA_BINARY },
+	[TEAM_ATTR_OPTION_PORT_IFINDEX]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static int team_nl_cmd_noop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)