diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4e04c415d7d4..2ec5324a7ff7 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ static noinline size_t if_nlmsg_size(const struct net_device *dev,
 	       + nla_total_size(1) /* IFLA_LINKMODE */
 	       + nla_total_size(4) /* IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES */
 	       + nla_total_size(4) /* IFLA_LINK_NETNSID */
+	       + nla_total_size(4) /* IFLA_GROUP */
 	       + nla_total_size(ext_filter_mask
 			        & RTEXT_FILTER_VF ? 4 : 0) /* IFLA_NUM_VF */
 	       + rtnl_vfinfo_size(dev, ext_filter_mask) /* IFLA_VFINFO_LIST */
@@ -1371,6 +1372,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID]	= { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN },
 	[IFLA_LINK_NETNSID]	= { .type = NLA_S32 },
 	[IFLA_PROTO_DOWN]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
+	[IFLA_GROUP]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {