diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index d075fe5af8..3e2ced7257 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ link_extract_type (NMPlatform *platform, struct rtnl_link *rtnllink, const char
 	else if (!strcmp (type, "team"))
 		return_type (NM_LINK_TYPE_TEAM, "team");
 
-	return_type (NM_LINK_TYPE_UNKNOWN, "unknown");
+	return_type (NM_LINK_TYPE_UNKNOWN, type);
 }
 
 static const char *