diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
index 4eb6ab748f06ae56a711240cefbf088f23da5c14..06605abbe7c956bed09fcc176cc4bdeb26bb754a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ static int efx_ef10_get_mac_address_vf(struct efx_nic *efx, u8 *mac_address)
 static int efx_ef10_probe(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
 	struct efx_ef10_nic_data *nic_data;
+	struct net_device *net_dev = efx->net_dev;
 	int i, rc;
 
 	/* We can have one VI for each 8K region.  However, until we
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ static int efx_ef10_probe(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto fail3;
 	efx->port_num = rc;
+	net_dev->dev_port = rc;
 
 	rc = efx->type->get_mac_address(efx, efx->net_dev->perm_addr);
 	if (rc)