diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c b/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
index 81682c6..6fc4f82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
@@ -419,6 +419,18 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const struct net_device_ops dm9601_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open		= usbnet_open,
+	.ndo_stop		= usbnet_stop,
+	.ndo_start_xmit		= usbnet_start_xmit,
+	.ndo_tx_timeout		= usbnet_tx_timeout,
+	.ndo_change_mtu		= usbnet_change_mtu,
+	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
+	.ndo_do_ioctl 		= dm9601_ioctl,
+	.ndo_set_multicast_list = dm9601_set_multicast,
+	.ndo_set_mac_address	= dm9601_set_mac_address,
+};
+
 static int dm9601_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -428,9 +440,7 @@
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	dev->net->do_ioctl = dm9601_ioctl;
-	dev->net->set_multicast_list = dm9601_set_multicast;
-	dev->net->set_mac_address = dm9601_set_mac_address;
+	dev->net->netdev_ops = &dm9601_netdev_ops;
 	dev->net->ethtool_ops = &dm9601_ethtool_ops;
 	dev->net->hard_header_len += DM_TX_OVERHEAD;
 	dev->hard_mtu = dev->net->mtu + dev->net->hard_header_len;