diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
index eb04e97d87659c80089c2cbcfd2185ae356ccafe..b080fabfe8deebed76e22447aadda80fcd943e51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ static void mlx5i_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = mlx5i_epriv(dev);
 
 	mlx5e_ethtool_get_drvinfo(priv, drvinfo);
+	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, DRIVER_NAME "[ib_ipoib]",
+		sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 }
 
 static void mlx5i_get_strings(struct net_device *dev,