diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 0f2408f6cdfe4336efdc281d7317c01d766b9e38..dbcb1949ea58c2a4ca26135134367b90eb55f8e7 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.kind			= "bridge",
 	.priv_size		= sizeof(struct net_bridge),
 	.setup			= br_dev_setup,
-	.maxtype		= IFLA_BRPORT_MAX,
+	.maxtype		= IFLA_BR_MAX,
 	.policy			= br_policy,
 	.validate		= br_validate,
 	.newlink		= br_dev_newlink,