diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 5ebdf8dc8a31300f526fd98912080dc4850937f2..dbcab1cecf68615ee203ceab32d73a3bd5cadfe7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -3129,6 +3129,7 @@ fec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		pdev->id_entry = of_id->data;
 	fep->quirks = pdev->id_entry->driver_data;
 
+	fep->netdev = ndev;
 	fep->num_rx_queues = num_rx_qs;
 	fep->num_tx_queues = num_tx_qs;