diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index dde9d762edee..f30e406fbec5 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy vport_policy[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_STATS] = { .len = sizeof(struct ovs_vport_stats) },
 	[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_PORT_NO] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_TYPE] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_UPCALL_PID] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_UPCALL_PID] = { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
 	[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_OPTIONS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 	[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_NETNSID] = { .type = NLA_S32 },