diff --git a/net/smc/smc_clc.c b/net/smc/smc_clc.c
index 487063aeab914788fc7390b998f1182a1f38a628..9579541178dbdcd0f42f0f819121f06083637c64 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_clc.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_clc.c
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ int smc_clc_send_proposal(struct smc_sock *smc, struct smc_init_info *ini)
 				return SMC_CLC_DECL_CNFERR;
 			}
 			pclc_base->hdr.typev1 = SMC_TYPE_N;
+			ini->smc_type_v1 = SMC_TYPE_N;
 		} else {
 			pclc_base->iparea_offset = htons(sizeof(*pclc_smcd));
 			plen += sizeof(*pclc_prfx) +