diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flower.c b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
index eee299bb6bcf..de03b7b49e05 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flower.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy fl_policy[TCA_FLOWER_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TCA_FLOWER_KEY_TCP_DST_MASK]	= { .type = NLA_U16 },
 	[TCA_FLOWER_KEY_UDP_SRC_MASK]	= { .type = NLA_U16 },
 	[TCA_FLOWER_KEY_UDP_DST_MASK]	= { .type = NLA_U16 },
+	[TCA_FLOWER_FLAGS]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static void fl_set_key_val(struct nlattr **tb,