diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c
index f195d54..9d89611 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c
@@ -815,17 +815,21 @@
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+static const struct net_device_ops trdev_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open		= tok_open,
+	.ndo_stop		= tok_close,
+	.ndo_start_xmit		= tok_send_packet,
+	.ndo_set_multicast_list = tok_set_multicast_list,
+	.ndo_change_mtu		= ibmtr_change_mtu,
+};
+
 static int __devinit trdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct tok_info *ti = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	SET_PAGE(ti->srb_page);
         ti->open_failure = NO    ;
-	dev->open = tok_open;
-	dev->stop = tok_close;
-	dev->hard_start_xmit = tok_send_packet;
-	dev->set_multicast_list = tok_set_multicast_list;
-	dev->change_mtu = ibmtr_change_mtu;
+	dev->netdev_ops = &trdev_netdev_ops;
 
 	return 0;
 }