diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
index 29aa83c2a0d0f740a5a30581385121159ab70c07..5063975276330324275199f11fd94000c7750a3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ static int efx_ethtool_phys_id(struct net_device *net_dev, u32 count)
 	struct efx_nic *efx = netdev_priv(net_dev);
 
 	do {
-		falcon_board(efx)->type->set_id_led(efx, EFX_LED_ON);
+		efx->type->set_id_led(efx, EFX_LED_ON);
 		schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 2);
 
-		falcon_board(efx)->type->set_id_led(efx, EFX_LED_OFF);
+		efx->type->set_id_led(efx, EFX_LED_OFF);
 		schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 2);
 	} while (!signal_pending(current) && --count != 0);
 
-	falcon_board(efx)->type->set_id_led(efx, EFX_LED_DEFAULT);
+	efx->type->set_id_led(efx, EFX_LED_DEFAULT);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
index d4d13c13f8ae91e8804e88f42143011315b843b9..61cc9948b233bafe9522103a7ed3d9466e7a1e42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
@@ -3249,6 +3249,11 @@ void falcon_stop_nic_stats(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&efx->stats_lock);
 }
 
+static void falcon_set_id_led(struct efx_nic *efx, enum efx_led_mode mode)
+{
+	falcon_board(efx)->type->set_id_led(efx, mode);
+}
+
 /**************************************************************************
  *
  * Wake on LAN
@@ -3290,6 +3295,7 @@ struct efx_nic_type falcon_a1_nic_type = {
 	.update_stats = falcon_update_nic_stats,
 	.start_stats = falcon_start_nic_stats,
 	.stop_stats = falcon_stop_nic_stats,
+	.set_id_led = falcon_set_id_led,
 	.push_irq_moderation = falcon_push_irq_moderation,
 	.push_multicast_hash = falcon_push_multicast_hash,
 	.reconfigure_port = falcon_reconfigure_port,
@@ -3328,6 +3334,7 @@ struct efx_nic_type falcon_b0_nic_type = {
 	.update_stats = falcon_update_nic_stats,
 	.start_stats = falcon_start_nic_stats,
 	.stop_stats = falcon_stop_nic_stats,
+	.set_id_led = falcon_set_id_led,
 	.push_irq_moderation = falcon_push_irq_moderation,
 	.push_multicast_hash = falcon_push_multicast_hash,
 	.reconfigure_port = falcon_reconfigure_port,
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
index de7cf17f4a4516ac2159a43730916fce18b6f326..62b2089b05df8671fb46f0d6b6b5525b5f4a1a50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ static inline const char *efx_dev_name(struct efx_nic *efx)
  * @update_stats: Update statistics not provided by event handling
  * @start_stats: Start the regular fetching of statistics
  * @stop_stats: Stop the regular fetching of statistics
+ * @set_id_led: Set state of identifying LED or revert to automatic function
  * @push_irq_moderation: Apply interrupt moderation value
  * @push_multicast_hash: Apply multicast hash table
  * @reconfigure_port: Push loopback/power/txdis changes to the MAC and PHY
@@ -898,6 +899,7 @@ struct efx_nic_type {
 	void (*update_stats)(struct efx_nic *efx);
 	void (*start_stats)(struct efx_nic *efx);
 	void (*stop_stats)(struct efx_nic *efx);
+	void (*set_id_led)(struct efx_nic *efx, enum efx_led_mode mode);
 	void (*push_irq_moderation)(struct efx_channel *channel);
 	void (*push_multicast_hash)(struct efx_nic *efx);
 	int (*reconfigure_port)(struct efx_nic *efx);