diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 80d23471743f..05aeea1222a7 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int br_afspec(struct net_bridge *br,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static const struct nla_policy ifla_brport_policy[IFLA_BRPORT_MAX + 1] = {
+static const struct nla_policy br_port_policy[IFLA_BRPORT_MAX + 1] = {
 	[IFLA_BRPORT_STATE]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_BRPORT_COST]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_BRPORT_PRIORITY]	= { .type = NLA_U16 },
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ int br_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	if (p && protinfo) {
 		if (protinfo->nla_type & NLA_F_NESTED) {
 			err = nla_parse_nested(tb, IFLA_BRPORT_MAX,
-					       protinfo, ifla_brport_policy);
+					       protinfo, br_port_policy);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 
@@ -461,6 +461,16 @@ static int br_dev_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	return register_netdevice(dev);
 }
 
+static int br_port_slave_changelink(struct net_device *brdev,
+				    struct net_device *dev,
+				    struct nlattr *tb[],
+				    struct nlattr *data[])
+{
+	if (!data)
+		return 0;
+	return br_setport(br_port_get_rtnl(dev), data);
+}
+
 static int br_port_fill_slave_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				   const struct net_device *brdev,
 				   const struct net_device *dev)
@@ -504,6 +514,10 @@ struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.validate		= br_validate,
 	.newlink		= br_dev_newlink,
 	.dellink		= br_dev_delete,
+
+	.slave_maxtype		= IFLA_BRPORT_MAX,
+	.slave_policy		= br_port_policy,
+	.slave_changelink	= br_port_slave_changelink,
 	.get_slave_size		= br_port_get_slave_size,
 	.fill_slave_info	= br_port_fill_slave_info,
 };