1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index bac58ca628dd..dddf6aeff498 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -1927,6 +1927,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops rtl8169_netdev_ops = {
         .ndo_open               = rtl8169_open,
         .ndo_stop               = rtl8169_close,
         .ndo_get_stats          = rtl8169_get_stats,
+        .ndo_start_xmit         = rtl8169_start_xmit,
         .ndo_tx_timeout         = rtl8169_tx_timeout,
         .ndo_validate_addr      = eth_validate_addr,
         .ndo_change_mtu         = rtl8169_change_mtu,
@@ -2125,7 +2126,6 @@ rtl8169_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
                 dev->dev_addr[i] = RTL_R8(MAC0 + i);
         memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
 
-        dev->hard_start_xmit = rtl8169_start_xmit;
         SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, &rtl8169_ethtool_ops);
         dev->watchdog_timeo = RTL8169_TX_TIMEOUT;
         dev->irq = pdev->irq;