diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index 4c3af05d76a5..d7ab92fc5b15 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ static int smc_lgr_create(struct smc_sock *smc, struct smc_init_info *ini)
 		lgr->role = smc->listen_smc ? SMC_SERV : SMC_CLNT;
 		memcpy(lgr->peer_systemid, ini->ib_lcl->id_for_peer,
 		       SMC_SYSTEMID_LEN);
+		memcpy(lgr->pnet_id, ini->ib_dev->pnetid[ini->ib_port - 1],
+		       SMC_MAX_PNETID_LEN);
 		smc_llc_lgr_init(lgr, smc);
 
 		link_idx = SMC_SINGLE_LINK;
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.h b/net/smc/smc_core.h
index aa198dd0f0e4..413eaad50c7f 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.h
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ struct smc_link_group {
 			u8			next_link_id;
 			enum smc_lgr_type	type;
 						/* redundancy state */
+			u8			pnet_id[SMC_MAX_PNETID_LEN + 1];
+						/* pnet id of this lgr */
 			struct list_head	llc_event_q;
 						/* queue for llc events */
 			spinlock_t		llc_event_q_lock;