diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb4/t4_hw.c b/drivers/net/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
index 0c8a84a258f31c3d3474950bb42e9ebc85024ed6..4c956fbf0c496d2f9ab10d4361e7ce9890c9cb49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
@@ -3162,6 +3162,7 @@ int __devinit t4_port_init(struct adapter *adap, int mbox, int pf, int vf)
 		p->rss_size = rss_size;
 		memcpy(adap->port[i]->dev_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
 		memcpy(adap->port[i]->perm_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
+		adap->port[i]->dev_id = j;
 
 		ret = ntohl(c.u.info.lstatus_to_modtype);
 		p->mdio_addr = (ret & FW_PORT_CMD_MDIOCAP) ?