diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
index 6c9f93808c..e5290e796d 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -10676,6 +10676,7 @@ _dev_ipdhcpx_start(NMDevice *self, int addr_family)
             .addr_family             = AF_INET,
             .l3cfg                   = nm_device_get_l3cfg(self),
             .iface                   = nm_device_get_ip_iface(self),
+            .iface_type_log          = nm_device_get_type_desc_for_log(self),
             .uuid                    = nm_connection_get_uuid(connection),
             .hwaddr                  = hwaddr,
             .bcast_hwaddr            = bcast_hwaddr,
@@ -10713,6 +10714,7 @@ _dev_ipdhcpx_start(NMDevice *self, int addr_family)
             .addr_family     = AF_INET6,
             .l3cfg           = nm_device_get_l3cfg(self),
             .iface           = nm_device_get_ip_iface(self),
+            .iface_type_log  = nm_device_get_type_desc_for_log(self),
             .uuid            = nm_connection_get_uuid(connection),
             .send_hostname   = nm_setting_ip_config_get_dhcp_send_hostname(s_ip),
             .hostname        = nm_setting_ip_config_get_dhcp_hostname(s_ip),
diff --git a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.c b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.c
index b10ce41063..6978bd3cb0 100644
--- a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.c
+++ b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.c
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ nm_dhcp_client_get_iface(NMDhcpClient *self)
     return priv->config.iface;
 }
 
+const char *
+nm_dhcp_client_get_iface_type_for_log(NMDhcpClient *self)
+{
+    NMDhcpClientPrivate *priv = NM_DHCP_CLIENT_GET_PRIVATE(self);
+
+    return priv->config.iface_type_log;
+}
+
 NMDedupMultiIndex *
 nm_dhcp_client_get_multi_idx(NMDhcpClient *self)
 {
@@ -1823,6 +1831,7 @@ config_init(NMDhcpClientConfig *config, const NMDhcpClientConfig *src)
     nm_g_bytes_ref(config->client_id);
 
     config->iface           = g_strdup(config->iface);
+    config->iface_type_log  = g_strdup(config->iface_type_log);
     config->uuid            = g_strdup(config->uuid);
     config->anycast_address = g_strdup(config->anycast_address);
     config->hostname        = g_strdup(config->hostname);
@@ -1885,6 +1894,7 @@ config_clear(NMDhcpClientConfig *config)
     nm_clear_pointer(&config->client_id, g_bytes_unref);
 
     nm_clear_g_free((gpointer *) &config->iface);
+    nm_clear_g_free((gpointer *) &config->iface_type_log);
     nm_clear_g_free((gpointer *) &config->uuid);
     nm_clear_g_free((gpointer *) &config->anycast_address);
     nm_clear_g_free((gpointer *) &config->hostname);
diff --git a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.h b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.h
index f21dc9133a..903ea6acc2 100644
--- a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.h
+++ b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-client.h
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ typedef struct {
 
     const char *iface;
 
+    /* Interface type for logging; only set for some devices whose names can be
+     * ambiguous. */
+    const char *iface_type_log;
+
     /* The hardware address */
     GBytes *hwaddr;
 
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@ gboolean nm_dhcp_client_server_id_is_rejected(NMDhcpClient *self, gconstpointer
 
 int                nm_dhcp_client_get_addr_family(NMDhcpClient *self);
 const char        *nm_dhcp_client_get_iface(NMDhcpClient *self);
+const char        *nm_dhcp_client_get_iface_type_for_log(NMDhcpClient *self);
 NMDedupMultiIndex *nm_dhcp_client_get_multi_idx(NMDhcpClient *self);
 int                nm_dhcp_client_get_ifindex(NMDhcpClient *self);