diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
index 3feb49badda9c7e1a792e84b03f6b07f40d71f39..472641b5afd3e1634cbef2deb1f3cfaa02dfe697 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -2215,6 +2215,7 @@ 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)