diff --git a/net/ethtool/strset.c b/net/ethtool/strset.c
index bb1e829ba099..94c4718d31ae 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/strset.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/strset.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static int strset_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	phydev = ethnl_req_get_phydev(req_base, tb, ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS,
+	phydev = ethnl_req_get_phydev(req_base, tb, ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_HEADER,
 				      info->extack);
 
 	/* phydev can be NULL, check for errors only */