diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c
index 5ab110890f31..13e43112dc46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static int mlxsw_linecard_device_attach(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core,
 
 	device->devlink_device = devlink_linecard_device_create(linecard->devlink_linecard,
 								device_index,
-								component_name,
+								component_name, NULL,
 								device);
 	if (IS_ERR(device->devlink_device)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(device->devlink_device);
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index 89282d6fed74..529e9ebec3b4 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -1606,7 +1606,8 @@ void devlink_linecard_destroy(struct devlink_linecard *linecard);
 struct devlink_linecard_device *
 devlink_linecard_device_create(struct devlink_linecard *linecard,
 			       unsigned int device_index,
-			       const char *flash_component, void *priv);
+			       const char *flash_component,
+			       const char *type, void *priv);
 void
 devlink_linecard_device_destroy(struct devlink_linecard *linecard,
 				struct devlink_linecard_device *linecard_device);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index fb8c3864457f..79401f29a9fd 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ enum devlink_attr {
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_DEVICE_LIST,	/* nested */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_DEVICE,		/* nested */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_DEVICE_INDEX,	/* u32 */
+	DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_DEVICE_TYPE,	/* string */
 
 	/* add new attributes above here, update the policy in devlink.c */
 
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 82d543c6a700..a22436ad3493 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -2063,6 +2063,7 @@ struct devlink_linecard_device {
 	struct list_head list;
 	unsigned int index;
 	const char *flash_component;
+	const char *type;
 	void *priv;
 };
 
@@ -2086,6 +2087,12 @@ devlink_nl_linecard_device_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 		nla_nest_cancel(msg, attr);
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
+	if (linecard_device->type &&
+	    nla_put_string(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_LINECARD_DEVICE_TYPE,
+			   linecard_device->type)) {
+		nla_nest_cancel(msg, attr);
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
 	nla_nest_end(msg, attr);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -10559,6 +10566,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_linecard_destroy);
  *	@device_index: index of the linecard device
  *	@flash_component: name of flash update component,
  *			  NULL if unable to flash
+ *	@type: name of the device type
  *	@priv: user priv pointer
  *
  *	Return: Line card device structure or an ERR_PTR() encoded error code.
@@ -10566,15 +10574,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_linecard_destroy);
 struct devlink_linecard_device *
 devlink_linecard_device_create(struct devlink_linecard *linecard,
 			       unsigned int device_index,
-			       const char *flash_component, void *priv)
+			       const char *flash_component,
+			       const char *type, void *priv)
 {
 	struct devlink_linecard_device *linecard_device;
 
+	if (WARN_ON(!type))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	linecard_device = kzalloc(sizeof(*linecard_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!linecard_device)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	linecard_device->index = device_index;
 	linecard_device->flash_component = flash_component;
+	linecard_device->type = type;
 	linecard_device->priv = priv;
 	mutex_lock(&linecard->state_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&linecard_device->list, &linecard->device_list);