diff --git a/drivers/net/pcnet32.c b/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
index 7f7feaa..ff92aca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@
 
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	struct napi_struct	napi;
-	struct net_device_stats	stats;
 	char			tx_full;
 	char			phycount;	/* number of phys found */
 	int			options;
@@ -1182,15 +1181,15 @@
 		 * buffers, with only the last correctly noting the error.
 		 */
 		if (status & 0x01)	/* Only count a general error at the */
-			lp->stats.rx_errors++;	/* end of a packet. */
+			dev->stats.rx_errors++;	/* end of a packet. */
 		if (status & 0x20)
-			lp->stats.rx_frame_errors++;
+			dev->stats.rx_frame_errors++;
 		if (status & 0x10)
-			lp->stats.rx_over_errors++;
+			dev->stats.rx_over_errors++;
 		if (status & 0x08)
-			lp->stats.rx_crc_errors++;
+			dev->stats.rx_crc_errors++;
 		if (status & 0x04)
-			lp->stats.rx_fifo_errors++;
+			dev->stats.rx_fifo_errors++;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1201,13 +1200,13 @@
 		if (netif_msg_drv(lp))
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Impossible packet size %d!\n",
 			       dev->name, pkt_len);
-		lp->stats.rx_errors++;
+		dev->stats.rx_errors++;
 		return;
 	}
 	if (pkt_len < 60) {
 		if (netif_msg_rx_err(lp))
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Runt packet!\n", dev->name);
-		lp->stats.rx_errors++;
+		dev->stats.rx_errors++;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1241,7 +1240,7 @@
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 			       "%s: Memory squeeze, dropping packet.\n",
 			       dev->name);
-		lp->stats.rx_dropped++;
+		dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 		return;
 	}
 	skb->dev = dev;
@@ -1260,7 +1259,7 @@
 					       pkt_len,
 					       PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
 	}
-	lp->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
+	dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCNET32_NAPI
 	netif_receive_skb(skb);
@@ -1268,7 +1267,7 @@
 	netif_rx(skb);
 #endif
 	dev->last_rx = jiffies;
-	lp->stats.rx_packets++;
+	dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -1316,21 +1315,21 @@
 		if (status & 0x4000) {
 			/* There was a major error, log it. */
 			int err_status = le32_to_cpu(lp->tx_ring[entry].misc);
-			lp->stats.tx_errors++;
+			dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 			if (netif_msg_tx_err(lp))
 				printk(KERN_ERR
 				       "%s: Tx error status=%04x err_status=%08x\n",
 				       dev->name, status,
 				       err_status);
 			if (err_status & 0x04000000)
-				lp->stats.tx_aborted_errors++;
+				dev->stats.tx_aborted_errors++;
 			if (err_status & 0x08000000)
-				lp->stats.tx_carrier_errors++;
+				dev->stats.tx_carrier_errors++;
 			if (err_status & 0x10000000)
-				lp->stats.tx_window_errors++;
+				dev->stats.tx_window_errors++;
 #ifndef DO_DXSUFLO
 			if (err_status & 0x40000000) {
-				lp->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
+				dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
 				/* Ackk!  On FIFO errors the Tx unit is turned off! */
 				/* Remove this verbosity later! */
 				if (netif_msg_tx_err(lp))
@@ -1341,7 +1340,7 @@
 			}
 #else
 			if (err_status & 0x40000000) {
-				lp->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
+				dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
 				if (!lp->dxsuflo) {	/* If controller doesn't recover ... */
 					/* Ackk!  On FIFO errors the Tx unit is turned off! */
 					/* Remove this verbosity later! */
@@ -1355,8 +1354,8 @@
 #endif
 		} else {
 			if (status & 0x1800)
-				lp->stats.collisions++;
-			lp->stats.tx_packets++;
+				dev->stats.collisions++;
+			dev->stats.tx_packets++;
 		}
 
 		/* We must free the original skb */
@@ -2478,7 +2477,7 @@
 		       "%s: transmit timed out, status %4.4x, resetting.\n",
 		       dev->name, lp->a.read_csr(ioaddr, CSR0));
 	lp->a.write_csr(ioaddr, CSR0, CSR0_STOP);
-	lp->stats.tx_errors++;
+	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	if (netif_msg_tx_err(lp)) {
 		int i;
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG
@@ -2548,7 +2547,7 @@
 	lp->tx_ring[entry].status = cpu_to_le16(status);
 
 	lp->cur_tx++;
-	lp->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 
 	/* Trigger an immediate send poll. */
 	lp->a.write_csr(ioaddr, CSR0, CSR0_INTEN | CSR0_TXPOLL);
@@ -2593,7 +2592,7 @@
 
 		/* Log misc errors. */
 		if (csr0 & 0x4000)
-			lp->stats.tx_errors++;	/* Tx babble. */
+			dev->stats.tx_errors++;	/* Tx babble. */
 		if (csr0 & 0x1000) {
 			/*
 			 * This happens when our receive ring is full. This
@@ -2606,7 +2605,7 @@
 			 * don't get a rx interrupt, but a missed frame
 			 * interrupt sooner or later.
 			 */
-			lp->stats.rx_errors++;	/* Missed a Rx frame. */
+			dev->stats.rx_errors++;	/* Missed a Rx frame. */
 		}
 		if (csr0 & 0x0800) {
 			if (netif_msg_drv(lp))
@@ -2668,7 +2667,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lp->lock, flags);
 
-	lp->stats.rx_missed_errors = lp->a.read_csr(ioaddr, 112);
+	dev->stats.rx_missed_errors = lp->a.read_csr(ioaddr, 112);
 
 	if (netif_msg_ifdown(lp))
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG
@@ -2705,10 +2704,10 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lp->lock, flags);
-	lp->stats.rx_missed_errors = lp->a.read_csr(ioaddr, 112);
+	dev->stats.rx_missed_errors = lp->a.read_csr(ioaddr, 112);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lp->lock, flags);
 
-	return &lp->stats;
+	return &dev->stats;
 }
 
 /* taken from the sunlance driver, which it took from the depca driver */