1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
index 1f2a140c9f7c..d83cd7884e05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int hdlc_device_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
         if (dev_net(dev) != &init_net)
                 return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-        if (dev->get_stats != hdlc_get_stats)
+        if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_WAN_HDLC))
                 return NOTIFY_DONE; /* not an HDLC device */
 
         if (event != NETDEV_CHANGE)
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ static void hdlc_setup_dev(struct net_device *dev)
          */
         dev->get_stats           = hdlc_get_stats;
         dev->flags               = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP;
+        dev->priv_flags          = IFF_WAN_HDLC;
         dev->mtu                 = HDLC_MAX_MTU;
         dev->type                = ARPHRD_RAWHDLC;
         dev->hard_header_len     = 16;