diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
index 965e32529eb8..3ad355a2208a 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy vdpa_nl_policy[VDPA_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[VDPA_ATTR_DEV_NET_CFG_MACADDR] = NLA_POLICY_ETH_ADDR,
 	/* virtio spec 1.1 section 5.1.4.1 for valid MTU range */
 	[VDPA_ATTR_DEV_NET_CFG_MTU] = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U16, 68),
+	[VDPA_ATTR_DEV_FEATURES] = { .type = NLA_U64 },
 };
 
 static const struct genl_ops vdpa_nl_ops[] = {