diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 9a863c6a6a33aa7883f6fa105fca917ae177e25c..1cd7651c6659ee893857b9d768e6de4c92668a07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1138,9 +1138,15 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ppp_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_get_stats64 = ppp_get_stats64,
 };
 
+static struct device_type ppp_type = {
+	.name = "ppp",
+};
+
 static void ppp_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	dev->netdev_ops = &ppp_netdev_ops;
+	SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(dev, &ppp_type);
+
 	dev->hard_header_len = PPP_HDRLEN;
 	dev->mtu = PPP_MRU;
 	dev->addr_len = 0;