1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/sir_dev.c b/drivers/net/irda/sir_dev.c
index 803c0be3fc7e..d940809762ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/sir_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/sir_dev.c
@@ -865,6 +865,12 @@ out:
         return 0;
 }
 
+static const struct net_device_ops sirdev_ops = {
+        .ndo_start_xmit = sirdev_hard_xmit,
+        .ndo_open       = sirdev_open,
+        .ndo_stop       = sirdev_close,
+        .ndo_do_ioctl   = sirdev_ioctl,
+};
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 struct sir_dev * sirdev_get_instance(const struct sir_driver *drv, const char *name)
@@ -908,10 +914,7 @@ struct sir_dev * sirdev_get_instance(const struct sir_driver *drv, const char *n
         dev->netdev = ndev;
 
         /* Override the network functions we need to use */
-        ndev->hard_start_xmit = sirdev_hard_xmit;
-        ndev->open = sirdev_open;
-        ndev->stop = sirdev_close;
-        ndev->do_ioctl = sirdev_ioctl;
+        ndev->netdev_ops = &sirdev_ops;
 
         if (register_netdev(ndev)) {
                 IRDA_ERROR("%s(), register_netdev() failed!\n", __func__);