diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
index 8f5de5f10bbea..00c8ac0677b44 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 			return err;
 	}
 
+	nvmem_config.type = NVMEM_TYPE_EEPROM;
 	nvmem_config.name = dev_name(dev);
 	nvmem_config.dev = dev;
 	nvmem_config.read_only = !writable;