diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index 8379496..4046468 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 	[DCB_ATTR_CAP]         = {.type = NLA_NESTED},
 	[DCB_ATTR_PFC_STATE]   = {.type = NLA_U8},
 	[DCB_ATTR_BCN]         = {.type = NLA_NESTED},
+	[DCB_ATTR_APP]         = {.type = NLA_NESTED},
 };
 
 /* DCB priority flow control to User Priority nested attributes */
@@ -158,6 +159,13 @@
 	[DCB_BCN_ATTR_ALL]          = {.type = NLA_FLAG},
 };
 
+/* DCB APP nested attributes. */
+static struct nla_policy dcbnl_app_nest[DCB_APP_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
+	[DCB_APP_ATTR_IDTYPE]       = {.type = NLA_U8},
+	[DCB_APP_ATTR_ID]           = {.type = NLA_U16},
+	[DCB_APP_ATTR_PRIORITY]     = {.type = NLA_U8},
+};
+
 /* standard netlink reply call */
 static int dcbnl_reply(u8 value, u8 event, u8 cmd, u8 attr, u32 pid,
                        u32 seq, u16 flags)