diff --git a/package/yast2-storage-ng.changes b/package/yast2-storage-ng.changes
index a256da68e..3b29baaec 100644
--- a/package/yast2-storage-ng.changes
+++ b/package/yast2-storage-ng.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 26 14:47:40 UTC 2024 - José Iván López González <jlopez@suse.com>
+
+- AutoYaST: small fix to ensure symbol for the drive type when
+  importing from a hash (required by gh#openSUSE/agama#1471).
+- 5.0.17
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 21 12:03:30 UTC 2024 - Ancor Gonzalez Sosa <ancor@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/package/yast2-storage-ng.spec b/package/yast2-storage-ng.spec
index d55800b17..69274f256 100644
--- a/package/yast2-storage-ng.spec
+++ b/package/yast2-storage-ng.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 Name:           yast2-storage-ng
-Version:        5.0.16
+Version:        5.0.17
 Release:        0
 Summary:        YaST2 - Storage Configuration
 License:        GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
diff --git a/src/lib/y2storage/autoinst_profile/drive_section.rb b/src/lib/y2storage/autoinst_profile/drive_section.rb
index a250a3ed0..04ddecf29 100644
--- a/src/lib/y2storage/autoinst_profile/drive_section.rb
+++ b/src/lib/y2storage/autoinst_profile/drive_section.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) [2017-2019] SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) [2017-2024] SUSE LLC
 #
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ def initialize(parent = nil)
       def init_from_hashes(hash)
         super
         @type ||= default_type_for(hash)
+        @type = @type.to_sym
         @use = use_value_from_string(hash["use"]) if hash["use"]
         @partitions = partitions_from_hash(hash)
         @skip_list = SkipListSection.new_from_hashes(hash.fetch("skip_list", []), self)