diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl_policy.c b/net/ieee802154/nl_policy.c
index 824e7e84014c..0672b2f01586 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl_policy.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl_policy.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ieee802154_policy[IEEE802154_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[IEEE802154_ATTR_BAT_EXT] = { .type = NLA_U8, },
 	[IEEE802154_ATTR_COORD_REALIGN] = { .type = NLA_U8, },
 	[IEEE802154_ATTR_PAGE] = { .type = NLA_U8, },
+	[IEEE802154_ATTR_DEV_TYPE] = { .type = NLA_U8, },
 	[IEEE802154_ATTR_COORD_SHORT_ADDR] = { .type = NLA_U16, },
 	[IEEE802154_ATTR_COORD_HW_ADDR] = { .type = NLA_HW_ADDR, },
 	[IEEE802154_ATTR_COORD_PAN_ID] = { .type = NLA_U16, },