diff --git a/social_auth/backends/contrib/linkedin.py b/social_auth/backends/contrib/linkedin.py
index 091016572..f8724d26b 100644
--- a/social_auth/backends/contrib/linkedin.py
+++ b/social_auth/backends/contrib/linkedin.py
@@ -56,8 +56,17 @@ def get_user_details(self, response):
                 'last_name': last_name,
                 'email': email}
 
+    @classmethod
+    def tokens(cls, instance):
+        """ Return list of OAuth v1 tokens from Linkedin  """
+        token = super(LinkedinBackend, cls).tokens(instance)
+        if token and 'access_token' in token:
+            token = dict(tok.split('=')
+                            for tok in token['access_token'].split('&'))
+        return token
 
-class LinkedinOAuth2Backend(LinkedinBackend):
+
+class LinkedinOAuth2Backend(OAuthBackend):
     """Linkedin OAuth2 authentication backend"""
     name = 'linkedin-oauth2'