diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
index 49b853f53f59511a24f24129a5aaf421f5a3ef10..1545f2b299d06a5a25a26194663f537ea57fa958 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy can_policy[IFLA_CAN_MAX + 1] = {
 				= { .len = sizeof(struct can_bittiming) },
 	[IFLA_CAN_DATA_BITTIMING_CONST]
 				= { .len = sizeof(struct can_bittiming_const) },
+	[IFLA_CAN_TERMINATION]	= { .type = NLA_U16 },
 };
 
 static int can_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],