diff --git a/drivers/net/eql.c b/drivers/net/eql.c
index 18f1364..4012569 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eql.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eql.c
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@
 static char version[] __initdata =
 	"Equalizer2002: Simon Janes (simon@ncm.com) and David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)\n";
 
+static const struct net_device_ops eql_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open	= eql_open,
+	.ndo_stop	= eql_close,
+	.ndo_do_ioctl	= eql_ioctl,
+	.ndo_start_xmit	= eql_slave_xmit,
+};
+
 static void __init eql_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	equalizer_t *eql = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -175,10 +182,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eql->queue.all_slaves);
 	eql->queue.master_dev	= dev;
 
-	dev->open		= eql_open;
-	dev->stop		= eql_close;
-	dev->do_ioctl		= eql_ioctl;
-	dev->hard_start_xmit	= eql_slave_xmit;
+	dev->netdev_ops		= &eql_netdev_ops;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Now we undo some of the things that eth_setup does