diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 27ce1683caf52bc69a31a8b4d4f3b34b6e9f8408..2797e2815418993515d39314fdaba8a9f6926b7f 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int ethtool_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 {
 	struct ethtool_pauseparam pauseparam;
 
-	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_pauseparam)
+	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->set_pauseparam)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&pauseparam, useraddr, sizeof(pauseparam)))