diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index 0a942fbccc9a64592d486199608e6527ebc8de8f..e1144e1617be38814ebb2fb497755cb10b646559 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ int br_add_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dev_net_set(dev, net);
+	dev->rtnl_link_ops = &br_link_ops;
 
 	res = register_netdev(dev);
 	if (res)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 2080485515f1be56299f01a92b5c98e034636dde..fe41260fbf38b28bb121dcc2235a5d27b83e27b7 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int br_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops __read_mostly = {
+struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.kind		= "bridge",
 	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct net_bridge),
 	.setup		= br_dev_setup,
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 1a8ad4fb9a6ba9e9246011e9ea674778591fd55f..a768b2408edff64890dde477df5918c102630a5e 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ extern int (*br_fdb_test_addr_hook)(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr)
 #endif
 
 /* br_netlink.c */
+extern struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops;
 extern int br_netlink_init(void);
 extern void br_netlink_fini(void);
 extern void br_ifinfo_notify(int event, struct net_bridge_port *port);