diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 045468390480..b0b3af3ef355 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -7064,7 +7064,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy devlink_nl_policy[DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_SB_POOL_THRESHOLD_TYPE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_SB_THRESHOLD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_SB_TC_INDEX] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
-	[DEVLINK_ATTR_ESWITCH_MODE] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
+	[DEVLINK_ATTR_ESWITCH_MODE] = NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U16, DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_LEGACY,
+						       DEVLINK_ESWITCH_MODE_SWITCHDEV),
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_ESWITCH_INLINE_MODE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_ESWITCH_ENCAP_MODE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_DPIPE_TABLE_NAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING },