diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c b/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
index d0f9b1d51b0e..96b03e0bf74f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static const struct nft_expr_ops nft_tunnel_get_ops = {
 
 static struct nft_expr_type nft_tunnel_type __read_mostly = {
 	.name		= "tunnel",
+	.family		= NFPROTO_NETDEV,
 	.ops		= &nft_tunnel_get_ops,
 	.policy		= nft_tunnel_policy,
 	.maxattr	= NFTA_TUNNEL_MAX,