diff --git a/dcb/dcb.c b/dcb/dcb.c
index adec5747..f5c62790 100644
--- a/dcb/dcb.c
+++ b/dcb/dcb.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int dcb_set_attribute(struct dcb *dcb, const char *dev, int attr, const void *da
 	struct nlattr *nest;
 	int ret;
 
-	nlh = dcb_prepare(dcb, dev, RTM_GETDCB, DCB_CMD_IEEE_SET);
+	nlh = dcb_prepare(dcb, dev, RTM_SETDCB, DCB_CMD_IEEE_SET);
 
 	nest = mnl_attr_nest_start(nlh, DCB_ATTR_IEEE);
 	mnl_attr_put(nlh, attr, data_len, data);