diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 5e4756553c18..5e84483c0650 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1279,6 +1279,10 @@ struct net_device {
 						 * that share the same link
 						 * layer address
 						 */
+	unsigned short          dev_port;	/* Used to differentiate
+						 * devices that share the same
+						 * function
+						 */
 	spinlock_t		addr_list_lock;
 	struct netdev_hw_addr_list	uc;	/* Unicast mac addresses */
 	struct netdev_hw_addr_list	mc;	/* Multicast mac addresses */
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 73aa594674ef..daed9a64c6f6 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static ssize_t netdev_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(dev_id, fmt_hex);
+NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(dev_port, fmt_dec);
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(addr_assign_type, fmt_dec);
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(addr_len, fmt_dec);
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(iflink, fmt_dec);
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_netdev_group.attr,
 	&dev_attr_type.attr,
 	&dev_attr_dev_id.attr,
+	&dev_attr_dev_port.attr,
 	&dev_attr_iflink.attr,
 	&dev_attr_ifindex.attr,
 	&dev_attr_addr_assign_type.attr,