diff --git a/src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-settings-verify.c b/src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-settings-verify.c
index f7d4ca58c4..3571c575ee 100644
--- a/src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-settings-verify.c
+++ b/src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-settings-verify.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static const struct Opt opt_table[] = {
 	{ "proactive_key_caching", TYPE_INT,  0, 1, FALSE,  NULL },
 	{ "bgscan",             TYPE_BYTES,   0, 0, FALSE,  NULL },
 	{ "pac_file",           TYPE_BYTES,   0, 1024, FALSE,  NULL },
-	{ "freq_list",          TYPE_BYTES,   0, 0, FALSE,  NULL },
+	{ "freq_list",          TYPE_KEYWORD, 0, 0, FALSE,  NULL },
 };