diff --git a/pkgs/lib/licenses.nix b/pkgs/lib/licenses.nix
index 385993a320e4..89edcd738f4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/licenses.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@
 
   unfreeRedistributable = "unfree-redistributable";
 
+  unfreeRedistributableFirmware = "unfree-redistributable-firmware";
+
   zlib = {
     shortName = "zlib";
     fullName = "zlib license";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/firmware-linux-nonfree/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/firmware-linux-nonfree/default.nix
index 8567dadec50d..24906f2b0db2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/firmware-linux-nonfree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/firmware-linux-nonfree/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Binary firmware collection packaged by Debian";
     homepage = "http://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-linux-nonfree";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributableFirmware;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     priority = 10; # low priority so that other packages can override this big package
   };