diff --git a/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c b/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
index 9afe809..9f971ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
@@ -979,6 +979,20 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const struct net_device_ops bfin_mac_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open		= bfin_mac_open,
+	.ndo_stop		= bfin_mac_close,
+	.ndo_start_xmit		= bfin_mac_hard_start_xmit,
+	.ndo_set_mac_address	= bfin_mac_set_mac_address,
+	.ndo_tx_timeout		= bfin_mac_timeout,
+	.ndo_set_multicast_list	= bfin_mac_set_multicast_list,
+	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
+	.ndo_change_mtu		= eth_change_mtu,
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
+	.ndo_poll_controller	= bfin_mac_poll,
+#endif
+};
+
 /*
  *
  * this makes the board clean up everything that it can
@@ -1086,15 +1100,7 @@
 	/* Fill in the fields of the device structure with ethernet values. */
 	ether_setup(ndev);
 
-	ndev->open = bfin_mac_open;
-	ndev->stop = bfin_mac_close;
-	ndev->hard_start_xmit = bfin_mac_hard_start_xmit;
-	ndev->set_mac_address = bfin_mac_set_mac_address;
-	ndev->tx_timeout = bfin_mac_timeout;
-	ndev->set_multicast_list = bfin_mac_set_multicast_list;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-	ndev->poll_controller = bfin_mac_poll;
-#endif
+	ndev->netdev_ops = &bfin_mac_netdev_ops;
 	ndev->ethtool_ops = &bfin_mac_ethtool_ops;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&lp->lock);