diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
index 75f1df2b9d2a..f2f654fd84e5 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy vdpa_nl_policy[VDPA_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[VDPA_ATTR_MGMTDEV_DEV_NAME] = { .type = NLA_STRING },
 	[VDPA_ATTR_DEV_NAME] = { .type = NLA_STRING },
 	[VDPA_ATTR_DEV_NET_CFG_MACADDR] = NLA_POLICY_ETH_ADDR,
+	[VDPA_ATTR_DEV_NET_CFG_MAX_VQP] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
 	/* virtio spec 1.1 section 5.1.4.1 for valid MTU range */
 	[VDPA_ATTR_DEV_NET_CFG_MTU] = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U16, 68),
 	[VDPA_ATTR_DEV_QUEUE_INDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },