1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index bb42eb161969..bbda81997f4f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5974,6 +5974,8 @@ struct netdev_queue *dev_ingress_queue_create(struct net_device *dev)
         return queue;
 }
 
+static const struct ethtool_ops default_ethtool_ops;
+
 /**
  *      alloc_netdev_mqs - allocate network device
  *      @sizeof_priv:   size of private data to allocate space for
@@ -6061,6 +6063,8 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 
         strcpy(dev->name, name);
         dev->group = INIT_NETDEV_GROUP;
+        if (!dev->ethtool_ops)
+                dev->ethtool_ops = &default_ethtool_ops;
         return dev;
 
 free_all: